THE ARTFUL DODGER SEASON 1 AND 2- DISNEY PLUS

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 Hey Binge-Watchers, 

Scrolling through Disney Plus, and not finding anything interesting to watch? Sit back and relax against those recliners and watch The Artful Dodger. Based on the iconic character The Artful Dodger from Charles Dicken's Oliver Twist. It's a historical adventure wrapped into a period drama in 1850's colonial Australia. His character as Dodger is known to be a nimble-fingered pick-pocket, but he's trying to redeem himself by being an honest surgeon in the colony of Port Victory. 

Meet Jack Dawkins (Dodger) who's played by Thomas Brodie Sangster, he's a respected surgeon, but what happens when his mentor and surrogate father Norbert Fagin (David Thawlis) come to the colony and interrupt his ex-convict life by ruining his peaceful life with the thrill of scheming and thievery?  He faces gambling debts that are held over his head as leverage by the looming despair of having his surgeon hands being cut off, which is a perfect opportunity of Fagin to drag him back into a life of heists and crime. 

He's conflicted between living the life of a low-abiding citizen or getting caught up in the morally grey lines of the thrill of being at adds with the law, causing himself to evade the constant threat of the noose.  A spanner is thrown in his plans to get Fagin off his back when he meets Lady Belle (Maia Mitchell) the governor's daughter who challenges him in ways he's never imagined. What will happen when romance enters the equation between their professional relationship of simply being colleagues? 

Will Belle be brave enough to fight against society's expectations and fight to be with a man who is below her station? Can a 'toff' be different in a world where you have to steal to survive? Watch this funny, daring, brilliant masterpiece that takes you back to the times of old-school ideals that a woman can't do a man's job. Belle outsmarts him with wit that charms Dodger into helping her become the first female surgeon (more like blackmailed into it), feast your eyes on cool and unique medical procedures while she creates things like anaesthesia and antiseptic. 

This show will have you hooked from the first season. It'll make you sit at the edge of your seat in anticipation as Dodger wrestles with being an honest man and a common criminal. You'll laugh at some parts and be interested at the old-school slang that is used throughout the show. You'll be holding your breath as you root for characters who are driven apart to get back together. You are invested in the romance that sparks between Belle and Jack. You feel amazed by the heists they pull off to get rich as Fagin keeps warning Dodger about Belle and the social divide she poses as he thinks she's a threat to his plans to scam the toffs. 

I'd rate this show a solid 10/10. 

Guess what? Another season of this chaotic madness that occurs in Port Victory is coming back! Can't wait to give it a watch. Add this show to your watchlists immediately before you miss out on the chance to watch pure fictional brilliance. 

Also my favourite characters were Jack, Belle, Fagin, Fanny, Red, Henry Boxer, Tim, Flash-bang, Hetty, and Rotty. 

Hope you enjoyed reading this review. 

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