gundolf 8 Posted January 19 (edited) I am watching this series called Counterpart. If you like intriguing cold war style espionage mixed with your science fiction. Its not super action packed but it is a very well scripted noir style of spy vs saboteur vs double agent vs assassin type sci-fi thing. The setting is present day Berlin. Its about A secret UN agency that been based in Berlin for thirty years. The agency oversees a crossing point to a parallel Earth (the "Prime world"), a copy of our world, which was accidentally created by East German scientists during a cold war experiment gone wrong in 1987. The problem is, all the duplicate personalities have experienced 30 years of divergence. The Prime world also experienced a massive plague which they blame as an intentional act by the Alpha world. so what u watchin? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4643084/ Edited January 19 by gundolf 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
danfrodo 36 Posted January 19 Thanks for the tips, Gundolf, I've been looking for some good new stuff. I really liked Peaky Blinders on Netflix. Birmingham after WW1, some brothers return from war and decide to make better criminals of themselves than they were before. Cillian Murphy is brilliant as the top dog brother, supporting cast also fantastic, as is the writing, sets, etc 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjkerner 226 Posted January 19 Love Peaky Binders! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IanL 963 Posted January 19 I agree on Counter Part - it is really well done. Another one I am watching is Berlin Station - set in present day Berlin around the CIA officers at the Berlin embassy. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erwin 412 Posted January 19 (edited) Thanks for the heads up re "Counterpart". Spousal unit #1 and I have been bingewatching European Thrillers which can be very dark compared to what is on offer from the US. Recommended include: La Foret; The Break; La Mante; Black Spot; Babylon Berlin; Bordertown; Dark; Trapped... (For a change of pace "A Very Secret Service" is fun comedy.) Currently, we're enjoying watching "The Frozen Dead". (BTW: Haven't watched it yet but "Nobel" tells the story of a (Norwegian) Afghan SF vet and a saga of returning home and the politics.) Edited January 19 by Erwin 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mjkerner 226 Posted January 20 Fuada is very good as well. Undercover IDF unit operating inside Palestine. when Heroes Fly is another Israeli series about former IDF guys and intrigue in Colombia...a missing fiancé and a drug cult. Not as good as Fuada, but some of the same actors. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erwin 412 Posted January 20 You mean Fauda...? Yes, got that on the list. Thanx. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Emrys 362 Posted January 21 Wolf is a curious entry from Turkey, now playing on Netflix. It concerns a semi-secret state police squad sized unit engaging in military-style special operations. Sort of a large SWAT team. I've only watched the first episode so far, so have not formed any real judgement of it, except that it seems okay in some ways and not in others. Filmed in Turkish, the English dubbing and subtitles do not always match up. Michael 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
