I've been enjoying "The Rig". Possibly because I spent my career in the oil patch. And spent some time on oil platforms, drilling and production, so can appreciate the characters. Yes there were all of these various characters but thankfully we never had the problems they're having. I did see a couple blowouts and also the aftermath of devastating fires. Glad I wasn't on board when they happened. Fire is bad enough but when you have nowhere to go....
It seems to be a pattern that good detectives flawed in some way or have personal issues.
That's one of my pet peeves about modern police dramas.
Joe Friday's only flaw was he liked Jazz.
Bill Gannon's flaw was he was a family man.
Finished The Detectorists, after a slow start we ended up enjoying it. I wonder if there will be a season 4.
Hieronymus Bosch also likes jazz. And he has a lot of the personal issues - divorced, girl friend killed by a pro assassin, affair with professional colleague, a prostitute for a mother, an uninvolved father, and perhaps the absolutely WORST thing possible - a half brother who is a criminal defense attorney (Mickey Haller).
I am waiting for at least one series where Bosch works with Haller. It happened in the books. Let it happen on TV.
Not sure if you’re being tongue in cheek, but the new Detectorists feature length special premieres on Acorn TV in the USA tomorrow. You have good timing.
That's one of my pet peeves about modern police dramas.
The only exception I can think of at the moment is Midsommer Murders where for some crazy reason, the chief detective is happily married to a loving woman, may have nice normal children, is not an addict, and actually leads a rather pleasant life (other than having to solve grisly murders).
1923 and Tulsa King. Both are great.
Tulsa King is very good but I didn't care for 1923 even though I really like Yellowstone. I think I just don't generally like shows based that far in the past. It may be good, just not my thing.
Finished Madoff on Netflix. I thought it was pretty good. Learned a few things I didn't know.
Just finished it last night and really enjoyed it. Kept telling my DW, don't worry I'd NEVER DO THAT. Putting 100% of your retirement with one "advisor". Plus thinking that getting $120,000 returns every year for every million invested in all markets, up and down was possible. Huge red flag.
Also, how could the SEC be so totally inept?
Back on topic.... Thanks for the recommendation. I will watch the Madoff series. Do they talk about Markopolos, the guy who tried to warn the SEC that Madoff's numbers did not make sense?