It is disturbing. In the second episode there’s a twist that seems improbable, but hopefully it will be explained.
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Seems like liz and I are in the same camp on it. I saw it all awhile ago, remember little about it now.
Watching it passed some time pleasurably enough I suppose, but it’s so plot heavy, and I never forgot that I was watching actors playing roles thoroughly thught out by some committee with their collective finger on an audience-rating pulse. 
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I would argue that it doesn’t play to the average TV watcher at all, not even in Britain. It’s too difficult for that. And disjointed. It feels like the two stories are bookends, but what’s in between remains nebulous.
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I’ve seen the first episode… but WOW! WTF?!?
And Stanley Tucci is great, too!
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Meh. For me, in this case, the latter especially comes across like a great actor who’s always ACTING! I didn’t find his character at all believable, and the quirky, comic-relief black sidekick trope wasn’t especially good to see either.
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Well…
Not if he’s not allowed to bare his teeth… 
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I’m not unblurring that just yet. 
Like most of these shows, I was watching it for the plot. David Tennant’s situation is certainly contrived, hence my Black Mirror reference, but not implausible. That’s why we call it fiction, after all.
Tucci’s character requires more of a suspension of disbelief. The superintelligent evil mastermind who can solve cases by pure deduction—a mashup of Mycroft Holmes and Moriarty—is a well-worn trope.
There seem to be two stories happening, but they will come together eventually, I’m sure. The first part seemed to be Tennant’s, but Tucci’s may dominate. If there’s another season, the title of the series suggests it will be Tucci’s story. I’m not sure I would watch that.
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Me neither! I’ll have to come back after I watch the whole thing…
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@anon15383236 is right, though. i think you will agree when you come back.
as for me, i found the whole thing troubling and could not find anything to like about either Tennant or Tucci’s characters. it was a tragic play for actors - very good actors - and that was really all i took from it.
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Well, there is liking the characters and there is enjoying people’s performances.
But yeah, I’ll be back when I watch it all!
Thanks to you and @anon15383236 and @anon67050589 and @teknocholer… etc!
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exactly. the performances were what kept me watching to the end.
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Hmm, different strokes, etc.
Tucci especially reminded me repeatedly of that old SNL character.
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The fact that the warden treated him with kid gloves, and showed deep respect and empathy, was the part that was too out there for me.
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With his super brain, it’s not far-fetched to think he has kompromat on the warden.
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Oh yes, that is no.1 on my to-watch list.
Brilliantly transcribed.
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Question here.
In s03e05 of For All Mankind there is a track in the closing credits - a cover of “I can see clearly now”.
Does anyone here know who covered it?
Sounds a bit green-dayish/otheramericanpunkytypeband. I’ve googled and wiki’d to no avail.
Anyhoo, I liked the cover, so any help greatly appreciated.
(there many be a shiny farthing in it for you)
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Apparently, Everready:
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