aubullience

Fabulous reimagining of the original movie- hilarious, nuanced, and head-scratching (usually in a good way). The premise and its exploration (I'd call this a mystery romance screwball comedy adventure series- roughly in that order) is contemporary and provocative. The acting is top-notch, The soundtrack is brilliant and memorable. The humor is spiky and usually on-target and the set design is great, arty. Much of the viewer criticism of this show is either emanating from the usual right-wing watchers who are offended or alienated by its 'diversity' (which the show really doesn't lean on in any stilted way); pertains to it's being 'boring' (it's much more a romance than an action series, and is not for people wanting a simple spy/assassin adventure adaptation); or too implausible. While the last critique is most defensible, e.g., of the characters' odd mix of strengths and weaknesses for people doing their line of work, I think a show of this kind- which is basically in the vein of absurdist screwball workplace romance- needs to be accepted somewhat on its own terms to work at all, which means accepting that the narrative is far from airtight in the conventional superficial sense, but still works well enough alongside all of the series' strengths and charm. Okay, 'nuff said.