Review of Top Boy

Top Boy (2011–2023)
7/10
Season 4 had too much going on.
23 March 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I really enjoyed Dushane's plot and how it introduced the Moroccans and two new locations Spain and Morocco and how they all come together. It tied up very well with Lizzie, Jamie, Lizzie's husband and the summerhouse redevelopment and Dushanes mothers passing.

However all other plot lines felt so contrived and unrelated!

Sully's cousin bringing in Peckham boys contributed nothing to Sully's character development or the over arching plot.

Lauren, Jaq's sister being pregnant and introducing gangsters from Liverpool was a wasted opportunity to develop Jaq's character and Jaq's number two (I forget his name.). They should have painted her in a light where she wasn't helpless and looking for help and begging for Sully and Dushane.

Imagine if she pulled up with one or two people to Liverpool had a witty conversation with Curtis and war broke out on those ends. And she ended up outsmarting them on her own command.

With this alternative plot 2 things would have happened.

1. They would have painted her in a light similar to Jamie which could lead down many paths and exciting futures.

2. What doors does it open now that Liverpool gangster has been eliminated and there is a hole in the gun trade up north?

As for Shelly's Plot line that was too forced a story. They just needed to give her a reason to be on screen. They could have left all that body digging out and fleshed out a new plot with her and Dris's baby mama.
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