State of Play

Title: State of Play

Released: 2003 as a six part TV Mini-series.

By: Paul Abbot

Summary:
A young woman dies on the London tube and all of two minutes apart, a young teenage boy is killed by a hired professional. A politician's secret is exposed, a newspaper agency gets a hold of valuable information, and drama unravels along the way.

Commentary:
In which, James plays a young married man who is practically both a gay magnet and a human gay radar, and yeah a freelance journalist with the baby-est face on the side as well.

No lies, not even a single shred of hesitation really: I watched this solely to see James McAvoy deep throat his ring finger in order to lube it up so he can take his marriage ring off: just so he can flirt shamelessly with a gay man for info. Have my heart, you wholeheartedly dedicated work-slut!

(At this point, I have done this so many times, I don't even feel a shred of shame. /shrugs)

Aside from all the adorable James running around like a fresh off graduate student, this story is hell exciting. There is suspense, murder, conspiracy, and a lot of mysteries! Everyone is bent out on finding the truth but of course, there are love affairs, best friend sleeping with best friend's semi-ex-wife, best of men friends, bitching father-son relationship, adorable father-son relationship, secrets, secrets, secrets and just about all the good and bad dramas have.

Since I love freelance-journalist!James, I got to do some golden quotes for this cheeky Scottish chappy ;)

Susan, ex-professor-with-a-taste-for-twitchy-undergrads (total cougar): Have you put on weight?
Dan Foster (James McAvoy): Only on the penis, thank god.

Only on the penis? Only on the penis. Only on the penis! ONLY ON THE PENIS! O, my brain. I am desperate for some Dan Foster fics, I don't care, crossovers, alternate universe, magic, all of the above, a young married man with such a baby face is moe no matter what angle you look at him with. And he wears the widest variety of color dress-shirts: Unf!

So watch it, for the suspense, the action, the cute James McAvoy, whatever you like. It is well worth the time!


Also, apparently there is a 2009 version but from all the reviews I read: this one, hands down, is awesome in every aspect.