On 2025-03-28 8:46 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Sorry - yesterday was my "work-from-home" day, and I didn't feel like
posting one of these yesterday morning... So this will be a two-day
catch-up.
What did you watch?
My usual shows, Good Cop/Bad Cop and Berlin ER, plus the first two
episodes of the new series The Studio.
Good Cop/Bad Cop S1E06 - a young woman blows up an electrical substation
and a cell tower in Eden Vale, then launches a bizarre crime spree
across town with her fiancee. The police work to solve the crimes but
are distracted: the Chief had a serious fight with his girlfriend and
Lou is seriously upset that both her brother and her father knew that
her mother was having an affair *before* her parents were divorced.
Berlin ER S1E06 - Dr. Weber has resolved to kick his drug habit and
begins the shift looking and acting far more positive that his
colleagues expected but goes the other way when his withdrawal symptoms
begin. Dr. Ertan, whose younger brother was beaten into a coma by the
police while caught up in a demonstration discovers which cop did the
deed and confronts him. Dr. Parker, whose bad advice cost a patient part
of his leg, apologizes to the patient and assures him that she will not
oppose the lawsuit that he has filed against her. Dr. Kohn finds himself treating his fiancees father, makes a grievous error that costs him his
life, and then covers it up.
The Studio S01E01 and S01E02 - Seth Rogan stars as studio executive Matt Remick, who finds himself promoted to the head of the studio. Remick
fancies himself a creative with a deep and abiding love of high quality
films but immediately finds himself having to deal with crass commercial considerations and the vanity of his fellow executives, directors, and
actors as each schemes to get what THEY want, with the quality of the
final product a negligible consideration and costs even less so. Remick
himself seems to genuinely care about films but finds himself unable to
resist all the tensions that pull him away from the right path. He's
also a screwup of monumental proportions, as becomes particularly
obvious in the second episode. The chaos that occurs in this episode is reminiscent of a Chaplin silent film.
If you like celebrities, you'll find this show sprinkled with familiar
faces, playing some version of themselves, including Martin Scorcese,
Sara Polley, and Greta Lee. The rest of the cast is a mix of new and
familiar with the latter consisting of Seth Rogan, Bryan Cranston,
Catherine O'Hara, and others.
I've already developed a bit of a like/hate relationship with the show.
I *hate* the way everyone manipulates Remick (and pretty much anyone
else that might help them get ahead), particularly the ass-kissing. But
I can see that Rogan's character has his heart in the right place, even
if he is far too weak to express it. I'm going to give this a bit more
time to see if Remick can get his act together.
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Rhino
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