Mateo Sanboval wrote:ScoJo wrote:Mateo Sanboval wrote:I've just now finished the Starz original series Counterpart. It was great. I'd recommend it strongly to anyone who favors Cold War era cat-and mouse spy thriller, a little science fiction, or just a good old fashioned drama. It did a great job of world building and the acting was nuanced, yet fully fleshed out, compelling and, above all, superb. The show also never talks down to its audience; a true rarity. That's as good as a TV review gets from me.
Very cool. By coincidence, I just renewed my Starz channel ad-on so that I can watch Mr Mercedes, so I'll jump on this next. Were you into The Anericans, out of interest?
I don't think you'll be sorry. How's Mr Mercedes? Never watched The Americans, but I've had several sound-minded folks recommend it to me recently. You?
I'm half way through Mr Mercedes and, having read the Steve King source novel, it's thoroughly gripping. Brendan Gleeson is, of course, charisma personified - but the support cast are all excellent. Especially whoever is playing his neighbour, a very presentable woman in her sixties whose libido has designs on Gleeson. But Harry Treadwell, Molly Parker and Kelly Lynch (yes, Kelly Lynch!) all make their marks too.
The Americans is absolutely fantastic - best dramatic/thriller show I've seen in many moons. Utterly watchable, and outstanding turns from the real-like married pairing of Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys as the transplanted Soviet 'illegals' whose marriage and kids are a spy cover. I can't recommend this one enough. There are a handful of genuinely 'wtf' gruesome moments too, grounded in what one presumes is the reality of their situation/trade craft. Brilliant stuff. I burned insatiably through all six seasons in just over a month - but don't tell my GF! We watched S1 together and she was into it (a rare joint-viewing show! She's of Russian decent with a Russian Lit professor as a father and has spent a bit of her childhood over there...so it pulled her in - especially her fave game of spotting real vs fake Russians!) but she was so busy this month that I couldn't hold back and binged the whole lot in secret. Seemed appropriate to the theme of the show tbh ;)