Robin Ormsby

The characters are so full of heart but so heartbreakingly brittle. No matter how many sweets they consume, their sweet natures save them and break them. The harshness of the world always seems to be around every corner. They are every community’s outcasts, their bond keeps them bully proof yet people keep disappointing them and breaking their hearts. However, What an adorable show full of heart and soul and wonderful giggles. It is Schitt’s Creek with a more sympathetic cast of characters. I loved them all.?

Twist and turns with tortured detectives battling their own demons. Great acting with desperate and depraved suspects lurking behind every crime. The end you don’t see coming. Must watch and hope there is a season 2.

I had my doubts, because True Detective should’ve really taken it off as a series. After watching a couple years of Nordic noir, and killer British mysteries, it is even hard to this day to find an American equivalent. They know how to weave a story, Keep you guessing, edge of your seat, great character development, and music and this I’m happy to say, Has a lot of the components. I have no idea what’s going on which is OK because the two characters are so strong and even the supporting characters are Interesting and sometimes funny and tough as the tundra as you would find in Alaska. Jodie Foster is tough as nails as Darwin (great name and very prophetic) and it looks like she has had to go through a lot to keep her wits about her so far. Considering she’s dealing with spiritual and paranormal issues that are way beyond logic and really interesting, almost believable, and very true to the culture of the indigenous people. Her sidekick although they are at odds at first, helps her navigate the deep legends of her people. She doesn’t scoff, she knows she can use it somehow to find the answers she needs. Especially jarring was the woman (brilliant actress) gutting a reindeer entrails flapping, it suddenly bucks a little and she knows her dead husband will appear. He shows her the way to the next horror show crime scene to be solved. Let’s just say the victim’s expressions are frozen in terror. It’s only episode one and I want to watch it again In case I missed something. You can’t look away from this one.

The acting job of his long suffering friend especially at the end sitting with his wife in the theater is profound. The look on his face when he realizes just how duped he was by a man he clearly loved (and I mean loved) and I assume let him escape. The facial transformation from laughing at the stage play reminding him of his friend and then the absolute gutted agony he felt - I felt it - is a Baftra award winning moment. I am still thinking about it days later.

This is most satisfying if you like to see Nazis get what is coming to them. The story spans years and the brutality has Peele written all over it. Great sets, direction, scenery, historical references and the worst bunch of Nazi’s your nightmare can’t even conjure up. There are some parodies, some funny (hard to laugh) references. Pacino is the mastermind and philosopher, the center of the twisted yet gloriously satisfying mission to hunt them down. His team is as brutal in their zeal to get them. The fact that Hitler was Alive after the war and escaped with all the other demons is an interesting premise, and you cheer them on one horrific killing after another. Great series, acting , direction, script, excellent. So satisfying especially with rise of global white supremacy. It takes a ruthless band of angry super heroes to catch the worst super villains ever to desecrate humanity.

Hands down one of the best shows that America has produced . It is TV crack. Every episode is a cliffhanger and leaves the viewer hanging emotionally. It is thrill ride not only because you grow to care about the evolving characters- many are the Americans caught in the never ending danger imposed on them by the Russian spies and their handlers. All this with history as the backdrop and one can’t help but equate the tactics from red sparrows and blackmail to where we are today, Sex is the biggest weapon and most effective on humans. It manipulates, It is cunning, it destroys. Love does conquer all.