Commandments (TV Series 2017–2018) Poster

(2017–2018)

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2/10
Arghhh!!! No consequences for theft and murder
bloopville25 August 2022
At first, the show was interesting with the tension between the Haredi and secular Israeli communities. But, then it deteriorated to the unwatchable. I had to give up in the middle of the second season, as previously a fairly admirable character, discusses plans to hide her brother's crimes of theft, kidnapping and being an accomplice to murder, because he is mama's boy, even though he is a soldier in the army.

A single instance of people hiding a crime by one of their loved ones, over a 20 episode series might be interesting, but they whole show has several instances of normal people hiding the worst of violent crimes and make a series of bad decisions that any rational person would know would have terrible consequences.

Are these actual soldiers? Nope. They are millennials in uniform taking mental health breaks and needing safe rooms to cope with normal army life.
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5/10
Interesting but not much global appeal
qui_j7 May 2022
This is an Israeli soap opera (yet another set in the army) that deals with the struggles of Orthodox Jews who enlist in the IDF, despite going against the beliefs of their Orthodox community. The plot lines and stories around the characters are paper thin, sometimes bordering on being childish. The moral decisions and dilemmas faced by them are unlikely to have much interest or help to engage viewers outside of Israel or the Orthodox religion itself! Had they made the characters a little more complex, and the plot lines even more Arab-Israeli e.g Valley of Tears, that might have upped the appeal to a wider audience. It's passable and watchable for anyone who wishes to learn more about the "Jewish Diversity" that exists in Israel!
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