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Of Health has The good place, passing through Bored to death, The presence of Ted Danson in the credits of a series has always been a good omen. Weekly delivery is no exception. And if you want a stronger drink than the excellent infusions that we offer you Spy the old fashioned way, We will always have the option of following Millie Black in her investigation in Kingston.
“Old-fashioned spy”: investigation in the nursing home
In the forty years that he has been parading his tall figure on television, Ted Danson has become one of its most stylish figures, those who can be counted on to give an extra dose of elegance to a little Netflix homegirl. Loosely adapted by Michael Schur (The good place) from a Chilean documentary, Old fashioned spy turns Danson into a retired professor named Charles Nieuwendyk who, to avoid being bored after the death of his wife, answers a classified ad to infiltrate a nursing home and solve the theft of a necklace.
Beyond the investigation surrounding the missing jewel, which is only interesting because of the strange situations in which it puts the main character, the true theme of the series is obviously that of old age and what each of us has to do among ourselves. to make our last moments on Earth. Despite a very diluted image of what a nursing home, even a luxury home, can be, the series often hits its mark when confronting Charles, who has just lost his wife to Alzheimer’s disease. , with its own ending.
Supported by impeccable female roles – among them Stephanie Beatriz in the role of manager of the establishment, who pays discreet tribute to the daily work of the caregivers – the character provides good support to a series that surpasses, in its best moments, the very agreed. of the platform. In. F.
Series created by Michael Schur. With Ted Danson, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Lilah Richcreek Estrada, Stephanie Beatriz (USA, 2024, 8×30 minutes). On demand on Netflix.
“Get Millie Black”: an exotic thriller, between Scotland Yard and Jamaica
Author of best-selling novels about the tormented history of Jamaica, where he was born, Marlon James is the creator and screenwriter of this ambitious thriller co-produced by the BBC and HBO, brilliantly played by Tamara Lawrance, revelation of the second season of Time (currently visible on Canal+), in which she plays an infanticidal mother. Disguised as Millie Black, she is a young police officer who fled Jamaica and an unhappy childhood to join Scotland Yard. Forced to return to the island and join the local forces, she is entrusted with a complex investigation into the disappearance of a young man.
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