Korean hospital drama where mysterious Dr. Kang is hired to take over the failing trauma center at the university hospital. He assembles his team and starts to train them to become actual trauma specialists. He does this amidst the political and budget limitations of a director who really just wants to make money. Based on this description, the english language version of this would be kinda lame. But since this is the Korean version, it is actually pretty good.
3 stars (out of 5)
Anna Taylor-Joy plays Lucky, a small time grifter who was taught everything she knows by her father Timothy Olyphant (who happens to be in prison for a big time theft from a big time drug dealer). When she and her boyfriend move said big time theft cash, and then said boyfriend disappears with the money, Lucky moves into action. Find the boyfriend, find the money, avoid the big time drug dealer (and his enforcer Annette Bening). A well paced series with Lucky playing thief, daughter, detective and all around good person.
4 stars (out of 5)
Seasons 1-3
French police procedural featuring Raphael Balthazar (the medical examiner) and Helene Bach (police captain). Balthazar is a massively talented and massively arrogant person who somehow comes across as fun and lovable. He know just how far to push is superiority on others. And he IS generally right. The two leads have a love/hate relationship where they grow into a mutual respect and need for each others talents and emotional support. Overlay this with the trauma of Balthazar having lost his girlfriend to a serial murder a decade ago, but still not recovered. Especially since the man convicted is not the killer and Balthazar regular sees and speaks to his "clients" including his girlfriend, we are regularly confronted with the trauma. Enjoyable characters, with the requisite odd-ball supporting cast thrown in to mix things up.
3 stars (out of 5)
