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722 points gaws | 17 comments | 01 Feb 25 21:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.73s | source | bottom
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teej ◴[01 Feb 25 22:42 UTC] No.42903220[source]▶
This is a recreation of a fictional computer program from the excellent Apple TV show - Severance.

The work is mysterious, and important.

Season 2 is going now. It’s one of my top 3 shows of the last decade, highly recommend it.

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pavlov ◴[01 Feb 25 23:30 UTC] No.42903687[source]▶
“The Americans” doesn’t get enough love as one of the top shows of the past decade.

The darkness sneaks up on you. The people who start out seeming like James Bond characters end up carrying the full intolerable weight of their lies and destructive actions. People who looked like side characters are followed up with entire life stories in the shadows.

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1. aaronbrethorst ◴[01 Feb 25 23:44 UTC] No.42903794[source]▶
The Americans also has the advantage of being done. It's six seasons long and, imho, manages to the stick the landing.
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2. simonw ◴[02 Feb 25 00:03 UTC] No.42903946[source]▶
One of the best endings of any show I can remember. It answered the biggest question of the show (concerning Stan) so well, and the ending was both surprising and fully earned. Masterful television.
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3. myvoiceismypass ◴[02 Feb 25 00:12 UTC] No.42904021[source]▶
I never finished The Americans but The Shield had the most perfect ending possible for that show and it was amazing! Worth checking out for anyone who has not already seen it.
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4. defrost ◴[02 Feb 25 00:34 UTC] No.42904171[source]▶
Keep an eye on The Diplomat with Keri Russell and Rufus Sewell.

Two short seasons down, it's tight, it's sharp, it could go far.

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5. aaronbrethorst ◴[02 Feb 25 02:46 UTC] No.42905198{3}[source]▶
For someone clearly interested in Cold War era espionage movies ("my voice is my password"), you should definitely go back and finish The Americans...
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6. hwestiii ◴[02 Feb 25 02:57 UTC] No.42905267{3}[source]▶
agree totally. Shane…OMG, Kenny….
7. aaronbrethorst ◴[02 Feb 25 06:42 UTC] No.42906571{4}[source]▶
passport not password. ugh, been too long since I watched Sneakers
8. edanm ◴[02 Feb 25 12:04 UTC] No.42908143{3}[source]▶
FWIW I absolutely love The Shield, one of my favorite shows. The Americans is better. But it was also hard to get into, and I stopped a few episodes in the first time. It gets much better the more the story goes on.

As a fellow The Shield-lover, I highly recommend you try to finish The Americans.

9. edanm ◴[02 Feb 25 12:07 UTC] No.42908156[source]▶
I couldn't agree more. It was masterful, and had an enormously shocking ending emotionally - in multiple ways, including the Stan ending, though I'm sure we're both talking about something else.

Btw, funny enough, on rewatches, I actually focus more on the one big Stan question that isn't answered (and, in fact, is actually asked to him for the first time). I'm happy it was never resolved, though I keep wondering if there's some clue that they are hiding in there that will resolve it for real one of these days :)

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10. SideburnsOfDoom ◴[02 Feb 25 15:19 UTC] No.42909165{3}[source]▶
I'm enjoying The Diplomat, but it's silly, popcorn stuff. Not "one of the best of the last etc".
11. NoMoreNicksLeft ◴[02 Feb 25 18:07 UTC] No.42910402[source]▶
>and, imho, manages to the stick the landing.

That last part is the miracle. So many shows start out strong, and are just dogshit for the finale. Does anyone really believe that Severance will manage this trick? Would love to be surprised and mistaken, but they're just throwing crap at the wall to see what will stick, and that only lasts so long.

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12. mintplant ◴[02 Feb 25 21:49 UTC] No.42912189[source]▶
Anna Ouyang Moench is involved, and she wrote the best play my friends and I ever saw (Birds of North America), so that gives me hope.
13. js2 ◴[03 Feb 25 02:01 UTC] No.42914122{3}[source]▶
I've watched the entire series twice, but it's been a bit. You mean jurgure Erarr vf XTO[1] or something else I'm forgetting?

[1] https://rot13.com/

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14. stana ◴[03 Feb 25 02:50 UTC] No.42914388{3}[source]▶
Got introduced to Rufus Sewell in 'The Man in The High Castle'. He played an SS commander. Most intimidating and frightening presence on the screen - without raising his voice and no (direct) acts of violence. Great actor.
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15. defrost ◴[03 Feb 25 03:05 UTC] No.42914470{4}[source]▶
He is indeed an extremly good actor .. wasted in some earlier US productions that bought him in for the Shakespearean Gravitas (pissed away by poor scripts in Eleventh Hour) .. but a shining light in various UK productions such as Petruchio in ShakespeaRe-Told.

https://thetvdb.com/series/eleventh-hour-us

https://thetvdb.com/series/shakespeare-told/episodes/375791

16. edanm ◴[03 Feb 25 05:35 UTC] No.42915301{4}[source]▶
Yep exactly that.
17. RationPhantoms ◴[04 Feb 25 15:28 UTC] No.42933569{4}[source]▶
I knew of his villainous presence as being the baddie in Knight's Tale. He exuded privilege and eliticism so perfectly. Fantastic actor!