Tv Review: King of a Very Weird Kingdom

The ScotsmanMay 17, 2004

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If you caught any part of Kingdom Hospital this weekend and found yourself hooked, then it's too late to see a doctor. Stephen King, the creator of this gurgling, gargoyled conceit, may have cooked your goose, and your only recourse is to keep on viewing what has turned into a creepy, off-the-wall slice of gibbering hocus-pocus.

Beside it, Twin Peaks looks almost banal. I caught the much shorter, slightly faster-paced episode two, merely to prove I hadn't hallucinated the plot of episode one: the freaky characters, a prehistoric monster, ghosts and earthquakes. "I think Kingdom Hospital is haunted and we are going to set things right," said Mrs Druse, the clairvoyant.

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Tv Review: King of a Very Weird Kingdom

Episode two had mono-maniacal Dr Stegman going barking, plus Dr Hook with his flies undone (what was the point?) for most of the whacky 35 minutes. Mrs Druse con-ducted a seance an...

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