The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo

02 – "The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo"
Class episode
Cast
Starring
Others
  • Jordan Renzo – Matteusz
  • Ben Peel – Coach Dawson
  • David McGranaghan – Coach Carroll
  • Aaron Neil – Varun
  • Nigel Betts – Mr Armitage
  • Jami Reid-Quarrell – The Inspector
  • Cally Lawrence – Cleaner
Production
Directed by Ed Bazalgette
Written by Patrick Ness
Script editor Emma Genders
Produced by Derek Ritchie
Executive producer(s) Patrick Ness
Steven Moffat
Brian Minchin
Incidental music composer Blair Mowat
Series Series 1
Length 45 minutes
Originally broadcast 22 October 2016
Chronology
← Preceded by Followed by →
"For Tonight We Might Die" "Nightvisiting"

"The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo" is the second episode of the British science fiction television series Class. It was released online by BBC Three on 22 October 2016.

Plot

Ram struggles to recover from the attack at the prom. Coach Dawson scolds him for poor performance in football and demotes him to the second string team. That week, Ram witnesses a creature attack both the assistant coach and a school cleaner, but struggles to find evidence of their deaths after the fact, leading him to question his sanity. Tanya, Charlie, and April investigate on his behalf, and learn that a dragon manifesting in different parts of the school is connected with Coach Dawson. They learn that the coach was bound to a female dragon who came through a rift in time, and became fused to his body as a tattoo; its mate roams the school, killing in order to feed her. Convinced by the sixth formers, the male dragon takes his mate along with the coach back through the tear in time. Ram later tells his father about the events thus far.

Production

The episode was written by Patrick Ness, who also serves as creator and writer of Class. It was directed by Ed Bazalgette, who also directed the series premiere as well as the following episode, "Nightvisiting". "The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo" was predominantly filmed in Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff. The episode premiered on 22 October 2016 alongside the first episode at 10am. The episode is scheduled for broadcast in the United States in early 2017 on BBC America.[1]

Reception

The episode received mainly positive reviews from critics.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Trenholm, Richard (22 October 2016), "'Class' takes 'Doctor Who' back to school with extracurricular aliens", CNET, retrieved 23 October 2016
  2. ↑ oraxsage (26 October 2016). "Class Review: Episode 2 – 'The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo'".
  3. ↑ "Class Season 1 Episode 2 Review – 'The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo'". 23 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Class episodes 1 & 2 review: For Tonight We May Die & The Coach With The Dragon Tattoo".
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