Remember the politicised society-falls-apart TV of the 1960s and 1970s?
Crime and periods drama dominance isnt the only modern TV trend bucked byThe Way.
As they travel together, their priorities sharpen and realign as most learn the inadequacy of their old approach.
Owens drug withdrawal leads to expressionist fantasy sequences and spooky hallucinations.
The Ways problem is its insistence on explaining its mad moments, and worse, over-explaining them.
Or is that the point?
Perhaps the more pertinent question is whether audiences will put up with this eat-your-vegetables stuff.
The last time the BBC served it in Russell T DaviesYears and Years, it wasnt popular.
Without the star power of Sheen perhaps it wouldnt have been.
In whose interest could it possibly be for these two to drown each other out?
The Way continues on Monday February 26 at 9 p.m. on BBC One.
All episodes are available on BBC iPlayer.
Rating:
3 out of 5
