There is bad television that thinks it is good and there is bad television that knows it is bad, and this adaptation of Cork author Catherine Ryan Howard’s 56 Days (Amazon Prime Video) is unapologetically in the latter category. It’s one of the worst things I’ve ever watched, and I loved it. But we know that something has gone wrong because all of this is taking place approximately two months – or, if you prefer, 56 Days – ago. It’s a shame the producers did not stick with the Dublin setting, which would have made 56 Days a deranged cousin thrice removed to Sally Rooney’s Normal People. That show was wild, and 56 Days is even wilder.

Source: The Irish Times February 18, 2026 18:52 UTC