Pistol (2022–2022)

TV ShowEndedDrama, Music, History1 season, 6 episodes
Pistol posterReview score: 73%

Plot

Based on Sex Pistols' guitarist Steve Jones' memoir, which offers a fascinating new perspective on one of rock's greatest ever stories, Pistol moves from West London's council estates, to Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren's notorious Kings Road SEX shop, to the international controversy that came with the release of Never Mind the Bollocks, which is frequently listed as one of the most influential albums of all time.

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  1. 01Pistol S01E01Track 1: The Cloak of InvisibilityS01E01 · 8.4Desperate to escape the bleak future that society has decreed for him, charismatic Steve Jones convinces Malcolm McLaren to manage his band, The Swankers. But Steve discovers that his “Cloak of Invisibility” cannot shield him from the audience’s gaze.
  2. 02Pistol S01E03Track 3: BodiesS01E03 · 7.2As Steve and Chrissie Hynde begin to make more than just music, the Pistols begin to wreak anarchy in the U.K. and Johnny Rotten takes deeper inspiration from a grieving young woman.
  3. 03Pistol S01E05Track 5: Nancy and SidS01E05 · 7.2As Nancy and Sid's love ignites, Sid becomes increasingly lost to heroin and violence. A plan is hatched to get rid of Nancy, but on a riverboat stunt during the Queen's Jubilee to promote "God Save the Queen," chaos takes hold.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2022Aired 6.7Season avg
  1. S01E01Pistol S01E01Season's bestTrack 1: The Cloak of InvisibilityMay 31, 2022 8.4Desperate to escape the bleak future that society has decreed for him, charismatic Steve Jones convinces Malcolm McLaren to manage his band,
  2. S01E02Pistol S01E02Track 2: RottenMay 31, 2022 5.6As Steve grasps his final chance and attempts to learn guitar in five days, a fury named Johnny Rotten arrives on the scene and the Sex Pist
  3. S01E03Pistol S01E03Track 3: BodiesMay 31, 2022 7.2As Steve and Chrissie Hynde begin to make more than just music, the Pistols begin to wreak anarchy in the U.K. and Johnny Rotten takes deepe
  4. S01E04Pistol S01E04Track 4: Pretty Vaaayc**tMay 31, 2022 5.4The idyllic moment where success is not yet fame is obliterated when the band shock the nation out of its torpor. The media frenzy causes eg
  5. S01E05Pistol S01E05Track 5: Nancy and SidMay 31, 2022 7.2As Nancy and Sid's love ignites, Sid becomes increasingly lost to heroin and violence. A plan is hatched to get rid of Nancy, but on a river
  6. S01E06Pistol S01E06Track 6: Who Killed Bambi?May 31, 2022 6.2Malcolm decides that the Sex Pistols have become too much like a rock band, so he must blow them up. Johnny leaves the band, and a Sid becom

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Castfull cast & details

Toby WallaceToby WallaceSteve JonesAnson BoonAnson BoonJohn LydonChristian LeesChristian LeesGlen MatlockSydney ChandlerSydney ChandlerChrissie HyndeTalulah RileyTalulah RileyVivienne WestwoodMaisie WilliamsMaisie WilliamsJordanEmma AppletonEmma AppletonNancy SpungenThomas Brodie-SangsterThomas Brodie-SangsterMalcolm McLaren

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