Obi-wan is hiding from the Imperial Jedi purge. But when young Leia is in trouble (kidnapped to draw him out) he gets drawn out. Kinda basic in terms of story telling, not really adding much depth to the character or the world. If this was a book, it would be a summer beach read.
3 stars (out of 5)
Tatiana Maslany is Jennifer Walters, cousin of Bruce Banner who happens to get some of his blood in her in a car accident. She is excellent, both as Walters and as her hulked out self. Trying to keep her life as "normal" as possible, she heads up the superhuman law division at a big firm. Her cases are weird, and she gets to actually engage in self discovery and ease into her new life, even as she is thrown into the deep end. Light hearted fun.
4 stars (out of 5)
Set in the 80's in newly reunified Berlin. Kleo Straub is an unofficial employee of the East German secret police. Unofficial meaning she is a professional assassin, her grandfather is the intelligence General and she has no loyalties except to the state. Right before the fall of the wall, Kleo has assassinated someone in a West Berlin bar. Now that East=West she is sent to prison abandoned by her country. The 8 episode serial follows Kleo as she works to uncover who sent her to prison, who it was she assassinated in that bar and what was so important to keep everything so secret. Sounds like a dark, political spy thriller. But it isn't. Kleo is quirky and all the characters have personality and idiosyncrasies to spare. Laugh out loud funny at times. Loved it.
5 stars (out of 5)
