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Parks and Recreation (2009)
Love it or hate it? Easy one for me!
I really don't get all the hate. I mean there are more positive reviews than negative but c'mon. You can't seriously rate this show with 1 star... For me it's a solid show, with likable and believable characters, although not the most original ones but that's OK for me.
I think the the show is well written and very well executed. Amy is perfect for this part as are all the actors.
It is true that it is "The office" but in government sector, but so what? It can still be funny and original most of the time. If you liked "The office" and are willing to look past the fact that it resembles it a lot, this is a show for you.
To sum up. Fun and funny, easy to watch, likable and colorful characters. 9 stars from me
The Newsroom (2012)
Could have been, but in the end it isn't
From IMDb: "A news anchor's life is stirred up when he's forced to work with a new team of colleagues". My first thoughts were that a show based on the media world, on HBO would be interesting the less. It even started so good that I wanted to rate it with 10 stars without even watching it. And by start, I mean Daniels's "breakdown" in the first 5 minutes. From there it went straight downhill... But let me explain what i mean.
First of all we are talking about a multi-billion dollar worth corporation with a network channel. As seen from this point almost not a single character is believable. I mean c'mon... A producer considered "the best damn producer" who acts like a drama queen, never stops mixing her personal life with her job, her right hand, a promising young guy who gets bossed around by nearly everyone, even though he is their boss, a super hot and sexy economist who refuses to work as an actual economist for 4 million dollars more because she is loyal to the "news"... I mean seriously...
The whole show is to me a high school drama parade, with a prime time news show as background. It may be well written, but it is more a romantic comedy to me than it is a drama set in the cruel and hard world of the media. Everyone is in love with everyone else and that gets more screen time than the actual processes involved in a "newsroom".
I am not an American so I can't tell if they focus on some political aspects/parties more than others, although I get a strong pro-Obama vibe but I'll leave that to people who know better.
To sum up I would say this is an easy to watch show, fun and entertaining, but not a "world of the media" dramatic series. It would be better off as a comedy.
Homeland: The Star (2013)
Wrap it up and call it a day.
I liked the fist 40 minutes of this episode. Intense, thrilling and heartbreaking. The next 20 minutes were a joke. In what universe will betrayed Carrie be smiling and accepting a job from the man who betrayed her and ordered the death of the man she loved and risked everything to be with? I think the writers wanted to mop things up so we can move to a 4th season. But they made a mistake. I said I liked the first 40 minutes and I should add "if this was the final episode of Homeland". No Brody, no Homeland. This should have been clear by now. Do yourselves a favor and don't come up with a 4th season. Let this be the end. Claire is very talented but this show is Damian Lewis. You should not have killed him if you wanted another season. Nobody cares about a CIA agent juggling maternity and espionage... You will see...