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You’ll take a ride through the strangers who don’t understand how to feel (NYPD Blue, 1993-2005 ; Over There, 2005)

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NYPD Blue isn’t lively as most police-based TV series. It slow paced, without much events. But dialogs are extensive. It’s probably one of the most accurate shows on this topic. It’s not all about gray areas: you have scumbags and people there to put them away, that is quite simple. Nonetheless, there’s more to it. For instance, the alcoholic cop isn’t a bad one, it’s Sipowicz. Like the show visual layout itself, nothing is flashy, nothing is really bright, everything is more or less rotten, but you cannot not feel any kind of sympathy for most characters. It all makes … Continue reading You’ll take a ride through the strangers who don’t understand how to feel (NYPD Blue, 1993-2005 ; Over There, 2005)

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When you’re one of the few to land on your feet (Homeland, 2011-2012)

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I was advised to watch Homeland. So, as I’m definitely a good boy I actually did. It took me a few minutes but, at some point, I realized this weird CIA woman was My So-Called Life‘s Angela (Claire Danes) I obviously had a crush on, in the 90’s (this raise the issue of how old I am getting and frankly I don’t even wanna know). Well, she was already, back in the days, a bit weird but only ah-ah weird. Not so sure in Homeland. Because Homeland is not really fun: it’s about terrorism, bearded muslims and that kind of … Continue reading When you’re one of the few to land on your feet (Homeland, 2011-2012)