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Fargo: Bisquik (2024)
Back on track after middling season 4
I really enjoyed this season, even the non-American actors effecting a Minnesota accent (looking at you Juno Temple). After the strange departure from the north country to Kansas City in season 4, Fargo again found its footing on the icy plains of North Dakota. Over-the-top characters in Sorels makes for must see TV.
Either I've watched too many Coen brothers shows or this one at times skewed toward the predictable. Nonetheless, the imagery, storylines and general quirkiness kept me watching. However, ten episodes was unnecessary, resulting in times it seemed to drag. This could have been a better series with a couple fewer episodes.
Debris: Celestial Body (2021)
Painfully Bad
Oh my. What a mess. I'm a sucker for sci-fi, alternate worlds shows. Unfortunately, so many of them simply can't sustain a coherent storyline week after week. Lost had a good run. Fringe, kind of went off the rails well before the end. Now Debris. It's never made a lot of sense, and I've had a hard time trying to care about any of the characters. But, we hang on, hoping against hope that somehow the show runners will pull it all together and we will be rewarded with the genius of their storytelling. Alas, it was not to be. Just a series of boring events, with little effort to link them together, ending in a whimper. Not excited by whatever season 2 may bring.
Jack Ryan (2018)
Slow, breaks no new ground. Jack Bauer with more complex but still bad Middle Eastern bad guys.
I so wanted to like this. But alas, this first season goes nowhere and does nothing. Can a TV thriller series be boring? This one is. Very little story development over eight episodes. Predictable plot development. Plug and play Islamic terrorist potboiler. Jim we expected so much more from you.
Jack Ryan (2018)
Slow, breaks no new ground. Jack Bauer with more complex but still bad Middle Eastern bad guys.
I so wanted to like this. But alas, this first season goes nowhere and does nothing. Can a TV thriller series be boring? This one is. Very little story development over eight episodes. Predictable plot development. Plug and play Islamic terrorist potboiler. Jim we expected so much more from you.