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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-03-26 (Wednesday) & 2025-03-27
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Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 09:39:39 -0400
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On 2025-03-28 8:46 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
> Sorry - yesterday was my "work-from-home" day, and I didn't feel like 
> posting one of these yesterday morning... So this will be a two-day 
> catch-up.
> 
> What did you watch?
> 
> 
My usual shows, Good Cop/Bad Cop and Berlin ER, plus the first two 
episodes of the new series The Studio.

Good Cop/Bad Cop S1E06 - a young woman blows up an electrical substation 
and a cell tower in Eden Vale, then launches a bizarre crime spree 
across town with her fiancee. The police work to solve the crimes but 
are distracted: the Chief had a serious fight with his girlfriend and 
Lou is seriously upset that both her brother and her father knew that 
her mother was having an affair *before* her parents were divorced.

Berlin ER S1E06 - Dr. Weber has resolved to kick his drug habit and 
begins the shift looking and acting far more positive that his 
colleagues expected but goes the other way when his withdrawal symptoms 
begin. Dr. Ertan, whose younger brother was beaten into a coma by the 
police while caught up in a demonstration discovers which cop did the 
deed and confronts him. Dr. Parker, whose bad advice cost a patient part 
of his leg, apologizes to the patient and assures him that she will not 
oppose the lawsuit that he has filed against her. Dr. Kohn finds himself 
treating his fiancees father, makes a grievous error that costs him his 
life, and then covers it up.

The Studio S01E01 and S01E02 - Seth Rogan stars as studio executive Matt 
Remick, who finds himself promoted to the head of the studio. Remick 
fancies himself a creative with a deep and abiding love of high quality 
films but immediately finds himself having to deal with crass commercial 
considerations and the vanity of his fellow executives, directors, and 
actors as each schemes to get what THEY want, with the quality of the 
final product a negligible consideration and costs even less so. Remick 
himself seems to genuinely care about films but finds himself unable to 
resist all the tensions that pull him away from the right path. He's 
also a screwup of monumental proportions, as becomes particularly 
obvious in the second episode. The chaos that occurs in this episode is 
reminiscent of a Chaplin silent film.

If you like celebrities, you'll find this show sprinkled with familiar 
faces, playing some version of themselves, including Martin Scorcese, 
Sara Polley, and Greta Lee. The rest of the cast is a mix of new and 
familiar with the latter consisting of Seth Rogan, Bryan Cranston, 
Catherine O'Hara, and others.

I've already developed a bit of a like/hate relationship with the show. 
I *hate* the way everyone manipulates Remick (and pretty much anyone 
else that might help them get ahead), particularly the ass-kissing. But 
I can see that Rogan's character has his heart in the right place, even 
if he is far too weak to express it. I'm going to give this a bit more 
time to see if Remick can get his act together.


-- 
Rhino