The Veil. Disney +

[Smollet]

Excellent spy thriller about a MI6 agent( Elizabeth Moss) who befriends a woman suspected of being an ISIS commander. Well thought out and acted drama. Attention must be paid.

[cuprabob]

Just watched 1st episode based on your positive feedback. I liked it and will do the rest of the episodes over the next few days. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

[C5_Steve]

Wasn't even on my radar but will add it to the list based on this, thank you!

[cuprabob]

I notice it's another series written by Steven Knight.

[cuprabob]

I finished it off last night. I see what you mean when you said "Attention must be paid".

[biggbn]

Thought this was very watchable right up to the last dull, formulaic, predictable last episode which seemed like an almost enforced full stop on the potential for creativity. Elizabeth Moss mastered the accent brilliantly yet she came across as a rather smug Mary Poppins crossed with Jason Bourne at times. A hard character to like, and therein was the shows biggest problem- I enjoyed it but ultimately didn't really give a st....

[cuprabob]

biggbn said:

Thought this was very watchable right up to the last dull, formulaic, predictable last episode which seemed like an almost enforced full stop on the potential for creativity. Elizabeth Moss mastered the accent brilliantly yet she came across as a rather smug Mary Poppins crossed with Jason Bourne at times. A hard character to like, and therein was the shows biggest problem- I enjoyed it but ultimately didn't really give a st....

I took from it that you weren't supposed to like the Elizabeth Moss character but I wasn't sure if I was being ng biased as I'm not a fan of Elizabeth Moss as an actor.

[biggbn]

cuprabob said:

biggbn said:

Thought this was very watchable right up to the last dull, formulaic, predictable last episode which seemed like an almost enforced full stop on the potential for creativity. Elizabeth Moss mastered the accent brilliantly yet she came across as a rather smug Mary Poppins crossed with Jason Bourne at times. A hard character to like, and therein was the shows biggest problem- I enjoyed it but ultimately didn't really give a st....

I took from it that you weren't supposed to like the Elizabeth Moss character but I wasn't sure if I was being ng biased as I'm not a fan of Elizabeth Moss as an actor.

That is a fair point, but you can not like a character yet still empathise with then, or sometimes root for them. I just didn't care!!