Lockwood & Co

[Drunk Monk]

Lockwood and Co. January 27

Ghostbusters: Afterlife but with swords. And in London. 

Most like Ghostbusters meets Harry Potter … with rapiers. I watched ep1 because my Netflix rolled over to this after finishing Vikings Valhalla and I figured why not?

I’m not exactly sure of the time period - the lead protag Lucy uses an old cassette recorder so maybe the 80s? But it’s an alternative universe where some apocalyptic event triggered a mass manifestation of ghosts - deadly ghosts that kill you if they touch you. There’s a curfew because no one wants to be out at night anyway with all those pesky deadly ghosts. Kids are more sensitive so companies spread across England to deal with the ghosts. The kids have different powers - Lucy can hear them and can get readings off objects. She gets in some issues with her first company and heads to London to get a fresh start. She finds Lockwood who runs and agency with another dude. The the trouble starts.

I liked how quickly the rules of this world were established without resorting to some laundry list. It introduces concepts efficiently enough with the promise of more details later. The ghosts aren’t that scary or gruesome. I liked the three kids in L&C - none of whom I recognized. I was taken in by ep - and continued to ep 2 hoping for closure but this goes on so maybe it’s one of those story arcs that crossed the whole season instead of eps that could stand alone.

Most of the sword scenes are flourishing it exaggeratedly at ghosts but there is a man v man sword fight in the library. It wasn’t outstanding as fight choreo goes, but I did like the coup de grace.

Not going to D00M recommend this until I see more. I do plan to watch more.

8 eps around 50 min each.