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(2018)

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8/10
That's More Like It
Warin_West-El1 May 2024
This episode unfolded with the same mastery as an episode of Bron/Broen, captivating and full of dynamism. The only slight misstep was an excessive dependence on the "blocked communication" trope.

In this episode the heroine, Kate Ashby becomes self-righteously aggressive and steps over the boundaries of decorum. Which places the viewer in a state of anxiety. How are we supposed to empathize with this character when she's clearly placing herself and others in danger?

Of course, this dilemma is resolved by the end of the episode but not before several tense scenes play out. I don't know what those commentators who said this series was "boring" were talking about. This episode certainly wasn't.

We also learn Kate's family and associates have been hiding substantial secrets from her. I suspect many more secrets will be revealed as this story unfolds.

Looking forward to watching the next episode.
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6/10
A Ghost in Name
Prismark108 February 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Michael has a paternal relationship with Kate but he keeps the extent of his illness from her.

When Kate needs him, he is under the surgeon's knife. However Kate might have another guardian angel looking out for her. She meets him in the Paris catacombs. It is all skulls and bones down there, somewhat mirroring the Rwanda massacre. We get another animated sequence regarding the slaughter that took place.

We also gets flashbacks of a priest praying to a statue of Jesus, but the head of Jesus is missing. The congregation is dead and the priest is also presumed dead. To Kate the priest is an important witness regarding the charges Alice Munezero is facing.

Kate goes back to meet the smarmy and despicable former French government advisor, Jacques Antoine Barre. She discovers a link with his dead son and Brigadier General Lesage who is giving testimony to a magistrate. It seems the French Army might have been giving military training to the Hutus a year before the massacre.

Barre also once had a personal security agent called Picot, the same man who seems to be tailing Kate. Someone else also is keeping an eye out for him.

Hugo Blick is keeping this dense. There are a lot of story threads being woven. Blick is also pointing a finger of suspicion to the French government. 'J'Accuse!'

More characters are introduced in this episode such as Eve' sister, an IRA sympathiser. There is always a shadow of doubt against some people close to Kate. Can she really trust them?
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