TV Series Worth Watching.

[Kingy]

Did you put Narcos on here Martin? I'm sure you did.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2707408/

Quote:A chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.

Crap IMDb description there. It's taken from the view of a young DEA Agent. His career starts as Escobars does and over time their patch cross and intertwine. 
There are snipets of original footage and pictures so at time it's almost like a biography for short bursts, but it's always narrated by the DEA agent and then drops straight back into the action so it works really well. 

I'm five episodes in and whilst I wouldn't agree with the 9.2 rating on IMDb (have the ratings been spammed for new series as they all seem to get great marks very quickly nowadays) I'd give it an 7.5 to 8. Well worth a watch. 



Deadwood. 

Now finished the three seasons. What a shame it was cancelled. Evidently it was budget reasons. HBO wanted a fourth series of 6 episodes due to costs of production, but the creator/writer said no, it needs to be twelve as each episode conveys two days of life in Deadwood. The studio pulled the plug and then there were rumours of a couple of feature length films - but that didn't come off. 
Right upto the final episode of series three it was very very good. The only complaint I'd have is that new characters were introduced in series 3 who slowed the plot down too much. It wouldn't have mattered if there was a fourth series (as I'm sure the writers were planning around), but as their wasn't they were a distraction which stopped main pliots developing faster and robbed us of a finale that would have been perfect. As it is, it is 100% worth watching as the acting is superb (even Olyphants purposely wooden portrayal of Bullock) but prepare to be left wishing for more! Talks about a film have started again this year. We can only live in hope!