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Better Call Saul (2015)
Unmissably addictive prequel
Having watched Breaking Bad and adored it, I never thought I'd like Saul more. Somehow Odenkirk has created a character so unbearably loveable that even the backdrop of the developing Pollos Hermanos story and Fring is a sideshow to Jimmy and Chuck. The love story with Kim is complex and brilliant; the Mike story is tantalising and somehow one warms to at least half a dozen fabulous characters. This is truly a masterpiece of wacky storytelling . Inevitably one is going to have to watch BB again lol.
Der Pass (2018)
brilliant take, loosely-connected, to The Bridge/Tunnel etc
As soon as one knows that a body is found 'half on the Austrian, half on the German' border, one feels this may be a take on the Bridge. But as soon as the Austrian cop walks off to get drunk in his local cafe, the similarity ends there.
I love the fact that there is the lovely juxtaposition of Austrian and German accents, the wondrous scenery of the mountains, the sheer difficulty of policing in such an impassable area. I think the character development and reveal of the sinister baddie with his technological background and nouse are excellently done and I was gripped from first to eighth episode. The enjoyment is certainly helped if you speak fluent German but I think it can also be thoroughly enjoyed by using the subtitles.
Sé quién eres (2017)
shortchanged by BBC4!
Real cliffhanger, this one, as we wonder whether Juan Elias really has amnesia or not. There are many angry characters in the plot, there is permanent intrigue among the legal profession and not too many characters to fall in love with, though there are one or two.
My dilemma is that now, after the cliffhanging episode 10 , the BBC has decided to call the next 6 episodes 'Series 2'. In Spain I believe episodes 11-16 just carried on. Why have they done this?
So, if anyone reads this, I have a question: if I buy the full DVD set direct from Spain (which is available), will I get all 16 episodes and find out what happens?