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Mr inbetween is worth a watch. An aussie series that is a little cringe at times but hooked me in. 

'How ya goin' is his go to opening sentence before he belts the living suitcase out of a crook (well usually a crook) and then returns home to be a decent dad and caring brother to a guy with MND.

I liked it and some of his thoughts as politically incorrect as they were did make a bit of sense the way he put it.        

This mornings CV debate reminds me of a great Streaming / TV series worth watching.

It stars Mark Strong who I rate as an actor and it is called Deep State.

Strong is also in another series worth watching, Temple.

If you find Temple interesting then you could watch Valkyrien, from NRK.

NRK and the BBC collaborate on some great Real Crime Podcasts as well, one of the best if you like listening to such is Death in Ice Valley.

Recently finished watching The Blacklist. Got me in, though being a James Spader admirer helped. The casting of Boone in the role of Agent Keen was a mistake IMHO... needed a far stronger female lead. The overwhelming support and love for her by the cast lacks credibility and hurts the series. Being produced for TV also hurt the credibility. Dialogue lacks punch - no swearing doesn't match the violence. Great concepts though and Spader's acting carries the series.

Yes, watched this one to the end. I thought Boone was OK as Keen while Tom was still about, that sort of played off against the rest of the plots. Mr Kaplan was one of the favourite characters.

Hard to see why they are going again after the most recent show ending, I presume to kill off the rest, but I'll watch it because it's there next season!

Spader is a freak, and I believe he picks the music for the show, some of it was outstanding, he has an air of David Lynch without the weird. They just seem to know exactly where you have to put a piece of the puzzle.

Thought the early Blacklist stuff was better than the more recent series, you can see the impact of COVID on all these latest series. Not just this, plenty of other recent series the writing has turned to mush, it just shows video conference isn't a replacement for face to face.

Mr inbetween is worth a watch. An aussie series that is a little cringe at times but hooked me in. 

'How ya goin' is his go to opening sentence before he belts the living suitcase out of a crook (well usually a crook) and then returns home to be a decent dad and caring brother to a guy with MND.

I liked it and some of his thoughts as politically incorrect as they were did make a bit of sense the way he put it.        

Good points, K.

Ps Totally off point and as I respect your judgment re movies, etc., do you recommend a series as engaging as Blacklist?

It’s a cracker.  His strip-club owning boss is one of the great tv characters

I see shooting has started on the new Alex Baldwin movie.

I see shooting has started on the new Alex Baldwin movie.

The thing I don't get is why the gun was pointed at someone who was not part of the 'acting group'...and the trigger pulled.