Bedrag/Follow the Money (2016-2019) Season 1
A big Danish sustainable energy company has had an enormous, suspect growth. Problems start, when an employee’s body is found and cop detective Justesen starts investigating Energreen.
My thoughts: A terrific, tightly-written corporate espionage thriller with some great twists and turns.
4/5
Fargo (2014 – 2024) Season 4
An uneasy peace between two Kansas City crime syndicates is threatened by an untimely death; the Smutny family is caught between a rock and a hard place.
My thoughts: By far the weakest season of this otherwise top-notch series. To be honest, I found it a bit of a slog.
3.5/5
Blinded by the Lights (2018)
An eight-episode story charting seven days from the life of a cocaine dealer whose perfectly organized life begins to sink into chaos while he is forced to make the most important choices in his life.
My thoughts: Kind of weird and out there, but visually dynamic and incredibly compelling.
4/5
Death and Other Details (2024)
Detective Rufus Cotesworth and his protégé, Imogene, dig for the truth on a Mediterranean ocean liner where everyone is hiding something.
My thoughts: Slow, convoluted, devoid of interesting characters and the ending is implausible.
2.5/5
Dark Winds (2022 – ) Season 1
Follows Leaphorn and Chee, two Navajo police officers in the 1970s Southwest that are forced to challenge their own spiritual beliefs when they search for clues in a double murder case.
My thoughts: Flat performances. To be honest, I found it kind of corny.
2.5/5
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I was disappointed in DARK WINDS. I like the actors but this show didn’t highlight their acting skills. And, as usual, the storyline and characters didn’t line up with the books – I’d venture to say the writers hadn’t read any of the books, most importantly, the first two to better understand the main characters.
I really hate it when the writers of the adaptation don’t read the source material.
I’ll look up Bedrag/Follow the Money and Blinded by the Lights.
I’d have to agree about season 4 of Fargo but I still enjoyed the show.