Utopia Opening Scene

[aimeekatz]

Cannot believe Amazon Prime cut "Don't put the gas away yet." Just... completely erases the impact of the scene.

[clam]

i cant believe they made this into a real show after pyros video, he truly has a dedicated audience :)

[dannyboy]

Wow, this looks like such a good show
It would be so cool if a famous commentary YouTuber did a video on it
It would have to be long though to cover all points. Like I don't know, maybe just short of 8 hours?
Idk it's just a thought

[mintSama]

And with this opening scene you just know that you're in for a hell of a ride.

[jyidorne]

I don't think any TV series ever has begun with a scene this perfect.

[tofutoph]

"Don't put the gas away yet." So chilling.

[clowntownfuntime]

2:37 you can see the fear and panic in his face as he realizes that guy isn’t sleeping. Shit literally gave me goosebumps

[scolkereybel]

There was something brilliant to the pipe.
The first person who died, it was violent, it was sudden, and it was bloody.
Suddenly, the gas didn't seem so bad. You were just going to go to sleep is all. Not even approaching you with malice, it's just a gas, it won't hurt you, you'll just sleep.
Then the cashier sees the man on the floor with his eyes open. You don't sleep with your eyes open. You can hear him trying to breath out, trying to exhume the gas. It's pointless. So pointless you don't need to see him die. You just know he has.
Cue a mundane scene of a man wanting to light a cigarette indoors, guilted to going outside.
The same man who just killed three people without flinching.

Astounding.

[HauntingGroundever]

The part that disturbed me the most was when Lee was talking to the boy. He reacted exactly how I would've reacted in that situation: trying to induce compassion,
trying to reason with them, trusting them for desperation and then ending up doing what they told you. Lee was so cruel...
Five minutes in and this serie'd already got me. Completely devastated yet willing to go on and see.

[BigBoy-vplp]

It breaks my heart everytime knowing that the hope for a third season is so bleak.
I just want a decent remake or a season 3 man

[slingman]

the part where the guy says "can i just leave please can i just .. go" with the look in his face actually gives me full body chills and extreme anxiety every time

[samrogers]

There’s no way the remake can top this opening scene.

[sankalp]

Arby's sidekick carries out a brutal murder in public, step by step, methodically to instill that fear amongst others. The casual manner of execution almost makes it feel like it's a 9 to 5 job for these guys.
This makes rest of them accept the uncertainty of the gas mask, which they know more or less is going to kill them as well. But they want to take that chance of going to sleep because they have seen what the other consequence is.
Makes the scene much more sinister and believable... Brilliant writing... Wish there was a comic of Utopia as well

[ABSolution]

I love how you can see that Lee's lead pipe has an actual grip. It's not a random pipe he picked up somewhere, it's a proper tool made specifically for the comfort in killing

[nicolaimarquez]

One of the most Iconic british series ever. And sadly one of the most unknown and underrated. I honestly think the first season finale is perfect. The second season was almost as good as the first, but that ending was begging for a 3rd season that now will never come. The first season is a masterpiece of moral ambiguity. And is probably the most stylized series I've ever seen, from photography to music. This should be enough to sell anyone on watching Utopia. and if it isn't, then it might just not be for you. If you like this, you'll love the series. Believe me when I say is no style over substance. Is style plus substance.

[mr.fandango]

The actors of the shop-workers give such underrated performances here, you really feel their fear.

[carringtongrace]

How the heck could the BBC have cancelled this brilliant show? It was one of the most creative and though provoking series that I have ever seen. There was so much more to tell, season two left so many unanswered questions. I'm so disappointed. 

[coreyshafarman]

I love how they tell you exactly what’s going on in the first five minutes, but I still spent most of the series confused. Brilliant writing

[euanmilne]

i can't belive amazon managed to miss one of the most iconic bits of the series: the colour saturation

[roloug]

Just finished the first episode of this. It is genuinely amazing, highly recommended to everyone.