Breaking Bad is a series of amazing moral ambiguity, and also probably the one thing that I’m the last person on the planet to have watched. I *love* shows where character’s explored to the point where you find yourself hoping
The Romanoffs
Not sure what it is with vignettes/short stories – perhaps TV’s post-Sopranos trend toward longer narrative & character arcs has conditioned my brain not to enjoy short snapshots; although in this case sometimes they’re blissfully short. A real mixed bag,
Succession
Series playing out the scenario where successful company founder father dies (potentially) and leaves bickering family with power struggle and management responsibility. Kinda made me think of a non-comedic Arrested Development; all of the dysfunction and ineptitude, but much more
Ozark – Season 2
Our old everyman chum Jason Bateman is back, this time without a comedic backing and set in the tense world of money laundering and drug cartels in Missouri. Laura Linney also performing a tour de force. You really find yourself
Goliath Season 2
Billy Bob Thornton’s fallen-off-the-rails lawyer in his second season, with a pretty convoluted story, some incredible characters (as in, how’d a screenwriter come up with this stuff?!), and a fairly engaging way to tell an against-all-odds story. 👍
Billions – Season 3
Ongoing high-stakes game of cat & mouse between hedge fund manager Bobby Axelrod and USDA Chuck Rhoades. We’ve been following this for a while now and are very much caught up in it. Corporate malfeasance, deviousness, intrigue… 👍
The Handmaid’s Tale
Bloody compelling future/sci-fi which I daresay I don’t need to summarise because EVERYONE’S watched it, seemingly. Gripping story, exceptionally well told – however it often borders on torture porn… like, what level of extremism will we “the audience” be complicit