Wednesday Addams is sent to Nevermore school (for outcasts) to continue her education and make friends. She is determined not to... and so does. There is a plot on her life, lots of scary stuff like monsters and demon pilgrims and all of it is perfect for her. I enjoyed the series, and the driest of dry humor which is Wednesday. But probably it could have been 5, or maybe 6 episodes instead of 8.
4 stars (out of 5)
Enola continues to aspire to great detective-ness like her brother. She is on her first case - searching for a missing person. Of course there are conspiracies and such, and of course there is misogyny (a lady detective? oh my!!). But she gets the job done. More of a light hearted romp through London's corporate underbelly than the darker Sherlock series. But fun.
3 stars (out of 5)
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)
Another Korean drama that is quite powerful. The setting is modern day Korea in Jumadeung, which is the company that manages Korean grim reapers. The Director of Jumadeung has created (controversially I might add) a Risk Management Team, whose purpose is to find people seeking suicide and help steer their life to avoid that ultimate sin. It is a small team and gets an "intern" of sorts when a guy in a coma joins the team for a 6-month stint while waiting to wake up. So it is a bit cheeky, and has its fun buddy-team moments. But it also takes on deep and emotional topics as each episode is focused on a person seeking or near suicide. The series hits many of the major mental health mountains that people struggle with every day (body image, relationships, bullying, self image, depression, money, loss of a loved one, terminal diagnosis, sexual assault, etc. ). And it doesn't just gloss over them, but really exposes the struggle. Highly recommend.
5 stars (out of 5)
Woo Young Woo is a rookie Attorney at one of the biggest law firms in Seoul in this Korean drama. She and two other rookies are working together with their senior mentors, and generally provide the breakthroughs to make the cases. Well, Attorney Woo does. She is also an autistic woman who lives alone with her dad (does not know her mother) and has a fixation on whales. One storytelling device is that every time she has an epiphany about the case, her hair blows and a whale floats by her vision. It is a lightweight, enjoyable series with comedy, drama, romance, relationship and coming of age elements. I never lost interest.
4 stars (out of 5)
