The Netflix series Black Doves has received rave reviews since it hit the streaming service earlier this month, but viewers couldn’t help but mock one particular scene.
The six-part spy thriller series stars Keira Knightley as Helen Webb, the wife of the Defense Secretary, who discovers her secret identity as Black Pigeon is in danger after her lover is murdered by London’s underworld.
The scene in question sees Knightley’s character puffing on a vape while reminiscing about her deceased lover, as a flashback plays out.
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“They want vaping to look as cool as cigarettes did in the 90s,” one person claimed.
Another replied saying: ‘Vapes just don’t give the vibe that cigarettes do.’
A third person suggested: “They would have been more successful at creating a dramatic scene if they had her frantically finding a lost vape (sic) instead.”
And a fourth X user commented, “We live in a timeline where ‘tragic vape hits’ could be an Emmy category. I love it here and hate it here at the same time.”
Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw star in the six-part Netflix thriller series Black Doves
Viewers have mocked a scene in which Knightley’s character Helen Webb puffs on a vape
Viewers took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to mock the vaping scene starring Knightley
Someone joked that a “vape” category could become a thing at the Emmy Awards
Someone else called it “cringe” and pointed out that scents “bring back memories” so the scene makes sense
Someone else wondered: ‘Could this actually be the best anti-vaping ad ever?’
And another person mocked: ‘I can’t believe they captured so much sadness in just one vape hit. Netflix has reached a new level of emotional storytelling.”
Another viewer joked: “Netflix’s award for ‘Best Grieving Vape Hit’ goes to Keira Knightley.”
However, someone else commented: ‘Well, smells do bring back memories, so it would work. I still cringe.”
And another X user posted: ‘Another show with a very interesting premise completely ruined by bad dialogue and bad acting.’
It comes after viewers debated whether or not the show – which also stars Sarah Lancashire and Andrew Koji – can be labeled a ‘Christmas series’.
Despite featuring spies, murders and murderers, some have called it that, claiming that the festive soundtrack and setting gave them the ‘Christmas feeling’.
Set in London in December, leading up to the big day, the thriller follows Helen as an agent who passes secrets she has discovered from her politician husband (Andrew Buchan) to the Black Doves organization.
Knightley plays Helen Webb, the wife of the Secretary of Defense, who is mourning her lover
Despite the fights and murders in the series, some viewers have declared it a “Christmas series.”
Helen has been providing political information to the company – led by the enigmatic Reed (Lancashire) – for a decade, but her position is in jeopardy after Jason (Koji), the mother-of-two’s secret lover, is murdered.
However, all the fighting and killing in the series isn’t enough to stop fans from turning it into a festive offering, thanks to the Christmas tunes playing in the background and the timing of the drama.
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A third wrote: ‘Black Doves is a Christmas streaming series, just like Die Hard is a Christmas movie.’
A fourth added: ‘I didn’t expect Black Doves to be the perfect Christmas show. Ben Whishaw walks away with the best written character on the small screen this year. So nice.’