James Delingpole James Delingpole

You’ll even hate the cat: Disclaimer, on Apple TV+, reviewed

One of those high-concept thrillers in which plausibility and character development are subordinated to the mechanical twists and turns of the tortured plot

Louis Partridge as Jonathan Brigstocke, the Interrail boy with the infuriating Nikon selfie habit, in Apple TV+'s Disclaimer  
issue 26 October 2024

Sometimes spoilers can be your friend. For example, I have just cheated and looked up on the internet the shocking final plot twist in Disclaimer and now I have been relieved of a massive burden. No longer need I watch any more episodes of this weird, creepy, pretentious, contrived and prurient series just to see how it ends.

You find yourself hating everyone and everything in it – even the cat

On paper it all looks promising: based on a bestselling novel by Renée Knight (Lee Child says in a quote on the cover that it’s ‘exactly what a great thriller should...

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