The Consultant was released on Amazon Prime Video at the end of last week – but is it worth a watch?The Consultant is a twisted, comedic-thriller series that, according to the synopsis, “explores the sinister relationship between boss and employee.”“When a new consultant, Regus Patoff (Christoph Waltz), is hired to improve the business at the app-based gaming company CompWare (following the murder of its previous CEO) employees experience new demands and challenges that put everything into question… including their lives.”The first season of The Consultant was written as a “chapter” with creator and writer Tony Basgallop telling Collider that “maybe we’ll do a trilogy.
Maybe one is enough. Maybe two will be right. I think if the materials are there, then we’ll continue.”As it stands, The Consultant has a 75 per cent Fresh rating for critics reviews on Rotten Tomato but just a 54 per cent approval rating, based on audience reviews.
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