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I'm not going to tell you much about it, other than the build up is slow at first, but the character development is excellent.  There are scenes throughout that will stick with you for a long time.  And there are so many messages here plus a lot of homage to Stephen King, Anne Rice and others.  This is one of the best horror series I have watched recently and it will not only frighten you, but it will make you think and even pull at the heartstrings.  There is a lot of talking, but I never got bored with the dialogue as everything seemed to pertain to the big picture.  It's almost perfect.  9.5/10

Also finished Nine Perfect Strangers and thought it was pretty good.  Yes, it's a bit odd, but that makes it interesting.  The acting is pretty good as there are a lot of big names here.  I thought the story lines tended to get a bit lost sometimes though.  7/10

We just finished watching the sixth and last episode of "One Lane Bridge", a crime series from New Zealand. In a way it was the New Zealand version of "Twin Peaks". Detective Ariki Davis is a Maori cop who just moved to Queenstown. He has matakite, a Maori word for "second sight". The bridge mentioned in the title is kind of jinxed; many murders or suicides took place there. A man either fell or was pushed from that bridge, and the police have to find out what happened. And he has these strange visions of lots of dead people around or on the bridge. Very interesting with a surprise ending. The series was from 2020, and it looks as if there is a second season. But it wasn't shown in Germany yet.

BaldFriede wrote: We just watched the sixth episode of the German crime series "Sarah Kohr". She is a special police agent, a weapons and martial arts expert and always works alone. In this episode she had to stop a terrorist attack with the nerve gas Sarin. Lisa Maria Potthoff who plays the lead is a woman in her early 40s and in top shape. She does all the stunts herself (and there were quite a lot of them in this episode), including the martial arts fights.

Looks good, I'll check it out -

Now on to my wife's choice: Season 2 of Fort Salem. It's not great but has a nice charm about it.

We just watched the sixth episode of the German crime series "Sarah Kohr". She is a special police agent, a weapons and martial arts expert and always works alone. In this episode she had to stop a terrorist attack with the nerve gas Sarin. Lisa Maria Potthoff who plays the lead is a woman in her early 40s and in top shape. She does all the stunts herself (and there were quite a lot of them in this episode), including the martial arts fights.

Each episode has full movie length. The first one aired in 2014 when Potthoff was in her mid-30s and was originally meant as a stand-alone TV-movie. But it was so successful that a series was made of it. The second episode aired in 2018, and there is about one episode per year. Definitely one of the best German crime series.

Here is a trailer for this episode:

And here an image from one of her stunts in that movie:

See

The Morning Show

For All Mankind

The Servant

Trying

Mythic Quest

some very nice diverse programming and well worth the £4.99 (UK) a month although I do expect it will go up.

Based on a book by Ian McGuire , this is yet another quality BBC production set at sea involving a 19th century sailing vessel (also check out The Terror) and starring an impressive cast including Colin Farrell , Stephen Graham and Jack O'Connell. I enjoyed the characters and the story which develops very nicely and leads to a satisfying conclusion. Superb Arctic photography as well that seems more important than ever in this age of climate change. 8/10