Was very excited to see a new Elisabeth Moss series, and after the first two episodes, it is already paying off. Elisabeth's portrayal of a spy hints at some sociopathy(?- do all intelligence agents have a bit of this ;), love the ever present yet somehow sinister(?) smile.
The way Elisabeth is choosing to portray this character, I'm looking forward to getting more of her character's backstory, whereas so many series I don't make it past the first episode, particularly with what feel like unnecessary or formulaic back stories... hopefully this one doesn't turn out to be one of those in later episodes
(Spoiler alert) The first episode definitely delivered what I was looking for, although I would have liked to have seen the camp scene where Elisabeth ex-filtrated the alleged "villain" fleshed out in into a full episode. Some of it happened a bit too quickly/unrealistically? Slower paced would have been better.
(Spoiler alert) The second episode, I feel there were a couple of unrealistic plot foibles, ie two seemingly seasoned intelligence officers getting into a childlike scuffle at an airport (huh??) and an over the top American intelligence officer in general? (not his acting, but the writing)
but again, with so many mindless series to stream that bore you quickly into the first episode, this is a very engaging and welcome, well acted series so far, definitely looking forward to the third episode and beyond, which is more than I can say for 95% of streaming series that rank below my personal threshold of a 7.5/10ish rating
Thank you Elisabeth, your portrayal is the icing thus far :)
The way Elisabeth is choosing to portray this character, I'm looking forward to getting more of her character's backstory, whereas so many series I don't make it past the first episode, particularly with what feel like unnecessary or formulaic back stories... hopefully this one doesn't turn out to be one of those in later episodes
(Spoiler alert) The first episode definitely delivered what I was looking for, although I would have liked to have seen the camp scene where Elisabeth ex-filtrated the alleged "villain" fleshed out in into a full episode. Some of it happened a bit too quickly/unrealistically? Slower paced would have been better.
(Spoiler alert) The second episode, I feel there were a couple of unrealistic plot foibles, ie two seemingly seasoned intelligence officers getting into a childlike scuffle at an airport (huh??) and an over the top American intelligence officer in general? (not his acting, but the writing)
but again, with so many mindless series to stream that bore you quickly into the first episode, this is a very engaging and welcome, well acted series so far, definitely looking forward to the third episode and beyond, which is more than I can say for 95% of streaming series that rank below my personal threshold of a 7.5/10ish rating
Thank you Elisabeth, your portrayal is the icing thus far :)