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Compelling CIA thriller following a sometime-unbalanced agent in her counter-terrorism work, in which she becomes very personally entangled – and also caught in the machinations of higher-level Machiavellian scheming by career spymasters. Famously slow in seasons 3 & 4, taken overall it’s a compelling rollercoaster and though it took a while to get through it…
The TV phenomenon that swept the COVID Lockdown affected households of Great Britain – and I’ve no idea how to start describing it… a documentary about “tiger king” Joe Exotic, and the people in his life & fortunes of his animal park, but as the story unfolds episode by episode you can’t help be stopped…
More antics and hijinks from Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin, with a bit more winning than previous seasons I thought. Mike McKean’s cameo as a potential Frankie love interest was good. Sometimes the Robert/Sol stuff plays to type a bit too heavily. Borderline earnest at times but generally something I look forward to going back…
Massive solar flare causes nationwide power blackout – and this 6-part drama follows PM Robert Carlyle dealing with it. Decent bit of TV in the end; the opening blows were fairly predictable, but by the end I had a good solid bit of empathy for the characters, and was getting frustrated about the amount of…
I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to complete this political tour-de-force from Armando Iannucci. Just masterful. You could potentially describe it as the 2000’s equivalent to Yes Minister, except for the fact that watching this is like being waterboarded in comparison to its early 80s counterpart. I found it utterly gripping in its…
The Star Wars story that had everyone talking. I thought it was fine. I don’t know why I have such a high expectation of the Star Wars universe for good storytelling, particularly in spite of the overwhelming evidence to the contrary… but this simultaneously gave screentime to a mysterious figure (or, more specifically, adjacent) in…
If season 2 was difficult to describe, season 3 has upped that ante quite a bit. Ostensibly about some farmers who come to Billy McBride about water rationing in their area, the story quickly becomes entangled & starts dropping into hallucinogenic back & forths involving a web of interlinked characters from previous series, covert interests,…
The irrepressible Midge Maisel continues her tour de force of the comedy world of 1960, securing a tour spot as opener for crooner Shy Baldwin. The storyline this season seems to have found its way a lot better than series 2, but in the end it still comes across as if all of the other…
The final arc for the beleaguered lads of Pied Piper Inc, rounding out with almost a victory lap of ludicrousness. A great and well-timed way to end this story, and happily we got a big serve of the utter ridiculance of Russ Hanneman to play out on. It had everything! Stupid vanity projects… hostile takeovers……
Now I see what all the fuss was about for this one! Police/detective thriller starring Robb Stark guarding a Tory. Decently rounded characters and plenty of character-driven ambiguity/conflict. I don’t really want to say anything about this one other than definitely recommending it as a splendidly-crafted bit of telly. 👍👍