Tommy Nguyen

Way too emotional and doesn’t feel authentic like the Hurt Locker. The problem is director’s lack of transparency into the military operations.

There were some fun moments in episodes 1-7. Just don’t watch episode 8 as it was epic-ly disappointing, like Dexter level. It was about as fun as a Al-Anon meeting.

Pro: Great season 1- buildup and finale. Incredible cast of stars. (I wondered why Carell didn’t get EP credit but then again this role really broadened his acting range.) Bad things: Two things: 1)really too woke for the average moderate lol. There’s a scene in second season where a minor character/ an assistant asks why white men keep “f—king things up?!” I’m not white and I thought that was just stupid. 2) the acting is extremely over the top way too often, esp for the female characters. Sometimes it is appropriate passionate acting. Other times it is random like when Pacino in Heat said “you can get killed walking your doggie!!!!!” I actually thought Aniston would be the one to annoy me enough to stop watching ultimately… but it was actually Witherspoon in Season 2 episode 6. Others may like it- YMMV. Btw, using Bradley as the main character’s West Virginian lesbian’s first name was a bit cliche and unrealistic.

having watched Downton Abbey, I enjoy this immensely as a period piece. One note to the writers/producers: please enlist a consultant who understands basic finance… it is a shame to do so much research understanding the period then (spoiler alert) completely miss why investing an entire fortune in an illiquid private stock expecting a big immediate return (and even yielding a cash dividend as a private security) would not make any sense to any sort of banker…maybe just maybe a publicly traded stock but still…