Bodyguard is good fun. It's six episodes long and each episode has at least one highly suspenseful set piece to hold the viewer's attention. I'm glad I watched it and, unless great storytelling is a 'must' for you, you'll enjoy it too.

Ok. About the storytelling.

For openers, the most interesting character in the series appears in only three of the six episodes (I will not give anything more away). That's never a good thing. The fact that the character is amazingly appealing, controversial, well-spoken, easy-on-the-eyes, and the impetus for the story, this is even less a good thing.

Coincidences: there are coincidences a'plenty, so many that there were times I found myself shaking my head.

Extraneous Detail: OK, maybe it's me, but a great deal of time and energy are spent on detail that add little or nothing to the story. Blank bullets comes quickly to mind. As does an ex-wife's new boyfriend. And more.

But here, right here is the story's most important shortcomings. Its ending. The tale evolves into a Who-Done-It of a mystery and by its end we learn the identity of the 'Who(s)'. Turns out there are more than one.

Who Number One is a Who we don't care about; a Who introduced only late in the story. It's not even a person, it's .... it's a group.

But it's Who Number Two that is the story's main failing. And here's why. I did not, and do not, believe it. And for it to work, I've got to be able to say, Sure, yes, it's possible even if unlikely. Well, I don't.

Even so, like I said, it's fun.