The Diplomat, Netflix

[steveatesh]

Anybody else watching this? An 8 parter on Netflix about a reluctant US ambassador to the U.K., at a time a major British warship is attacked in the Middle East.

Her job is complicated by the arrival of her husband who she doesn’t trust, not for inappropriate sexy time liaisons but because he has his own agenda.

I have no idea if it’s realistic or not in terms of relations between politicians but it’s entertaining.

Anyway 3 episodes in and I’m really enjoying it. Acting is good, some good writing and humour too.

9/10 secrets…..

[dudleybloke]

Will give it a go, nearly finished Counterpart so need something to watch.

[DSLiverpool]

I’m a big fan of Keri Russel after seeing her in “the Americans” but I couldn’t get through the first episode / I’ll try again but just couldn’t get drawn in.

[AB]

Just finished it, need another series ASAP because it was quite an abrupt ending!

Took a couple of episodes but I thought Hal was excellent. Kate I struggled with for most of it.

[Al Gorithum]

Just finished it. Thought it was ok but the ending wasn’t an ending. Seems to have spent a lot on the production 👍

[Hugo Stiglitz]

I'll give it a whirl today thanks

[TwigtheWonderkid]

I enjoyed it. Keri Russell is great I think.

[ashleyman]

Loving it so far. Just about to start episode 5.

[willy wombat]

Just watched the first two episodes of series 2 and am somewhat confused even though I watched the first series. Can someone explain who is Margaret Roylin and why she is important? Thanks.

[Evercross]

willy wombat said:

Just watched the first two episodes of series 2 and am somewhat confused even though I watched the first series. Can someone explain who is Margaret Roylin and why she is important? Thanks.

She was one of the people involved in the false flag operation to attack a British warship and is hiding the true identity of who ordered the attack, and takes responsibility herself because she does not want the Prime Minister to take the blame for it when the evidence is pointing to him possibly being involved in order to increase his status and make him look like a hard man on the world stage.

Just finished series 2 last night (I was blindsided by it only having 6 episodes instead of 8) and now I am desperate for series 3.....

[itsallyellow]

Evercross said:

She was one of the people involved in the false flag operation to attack a British warship and is hiding the true identity of who ordered the attack, and takes responsibility herself because she does not want the Prime Minister to take the blame for it when the evidence is pointing to him possibly being involved in order to increase his status and make him look like a hard man on the world stage.

Just finished series 2 last night (I was blindsided by it only having 6 episodes instead of 8) and now I am desperate for series 3.....

Yep same here! It should come with a warning.... We sat there all excited for episode 7 and realised there was no such thing. Really good series though

[AB]

Well that's annoying

Waiting for the next episode to play and it's the end of the season! FFS.

[geeks]

Enjoyed season 1, looking forward to catching up with Season 2 in a few weeks when I wind off work for the year

[willy wombat]

Thanks for your help. Now we’ve watched episode 3 it’s become a bit clearer (and more enjoyable).