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Power (2014)
Had higher hopes , but...
I liked this show from the beginning even though I had a little off feeling all the way, but now as I'm watching last season everything just added up and I couldn't resist writing a review (I almost never write these).
1. First of all there's so much backstabbing in this show that it's hard to follow the plot. There's always someone who's planning on killing his best buddy or making an alliance with his worst enemy, always. Tables are turning back and forth so fast. Don't get me wrong - that kind of stuff isn't new for me, I'm a huge crime/drama fan, my favorite shows include everything from the sopranos to the shield, sons of anarchy, breaking bad and many more, but in this show it's too, too much.
2. There's also too much stuff that just doesn't add up. I'll just give you couple of examples. There's this black college girl who's all against - blacks selling drugs cliche, and goes like "it has to be different, we have to be different, we gotta change that". But a little chat about how much money is there to be made with a classmate who sells drugs at the campus and she's all of a sudden all in. Really?
Next one: Why in hell this really powerful Italian mafioso Benny goes to kill Tommy just by himself with a knife, while he could have there like an army with machine guns from the mafia family to assist him? Ok ok at least just couple of guys with pistols?
And the list goes on...
First couple of seasons I was thinking I was gonna give it 10 like my favorite shows mentioned above, couple of more seasons and it went down to 9 and now as I'm watching the last season, unfortunately It's 8.5/10 for me, tops.
I only highlighted negative aspects because I had way higher hopes for it. Overall it's a pretty good show that's probably very well worth your time,
Medici (2016)
It was like watching an ALL STARS game
God, what a period it was. And this series shows it all with class. They're all here: Donatello, Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Vespucci, Michelangelo, Machiavelli and of course the Medici... Just to think that all this giants lived in the same era, same country and some just couple of streets far from each other... How much they achieved, what a huge impact they had and still have nowadays...
What they did back then, will never die
and it never should.
Guilt (2016)
Can't see much of a potential
I just watched the pilot and I must say that I can't see this show renewed for the next seasons.
I'm not much in this 'detective kind' of shows, but I loved 'The Killing' for example and I loved it right from the start.. No need to mention other Top-level shows in this genre, like 'Fargo' or 'True Detective'. So, It's not masterpiece and It's never gonna be. It wasn't even supposed to be... So, if you want some 'not good/not bad' show, which will help you fall asleep, this one is for you, but if you want great acting/story line/soundtrack.. etc combination, you should start watching shows mentioned earlier.
Though, there's only one episode released yet and 'who knows what the tide could bring', eh?