The Comey Rule

The rating seems very unfair for the quality of this series. unsurprising as i'm sure this ruffled many trump supporting feathers. they don't enjoy seeing trump in this light, which is funny because so much of his dialog is straight out of his mouth. It's not glorifying democrats or Hilary either, just feels like a genuine insight into the background of politics and the stresses that come with the decisions they make on a daily basis.

..because I expected some preachy piece that did not show the people involved as they were. But it worked and it keeps the tension up even though we all know what happened. And the vices and virtues of everyone are shown, warts and all.

After Comey makes what is a very difficult decision - to report to Congress the continuation of the Clinton email investigation though he knows somebody will probably leak it to the press - he is called out in public by people who both support what he did and denigrate what he did, but they all pick the wrong reasons as to Comey's motivation.

Very good acting by the entire cast. Nobody really looks like who they are portraying. Let's face it, Jeff Daniels looks nothing like Comey, yet he is quite believable.

There was one what might have been accidental piece of realism though. Comey's wife and daughters are portrayed as over the top Hillary supporters. It's not that they seem to like Hillary so much, but that they really want a first woman president and they act like they really don't care who that woman is. Normally I would roll my eyes at such shrill histrionics, but I live near Loudoun County and this is exactly how Loudoun county women of privilege behave.

I shall now prepare to be pelted by tar and feathers for my criticism of Loudoun county women. Or will it be fondue and feathers?

You'll have to decide yourself, with topics as big and with so many opinions and moving parts, reviews will be bias forsure!!!

Regardless of political opinion 'The Comey Rule' is one hell of a production. The cast alone deserves your attention but beside the big name actors and the characters they portray this series is extremely entertaining.

The 2-part series is not an attack on Trump but rather a presentation of how institutions, procedure, and rule of law work in America. The first part focuses on Hilary emails before the election, while the second part focuses on Comey's work after Trump gets elected.

It's an honest portrayal that's worth watching. The focus is repairing public faith in the FBI and DOJ.

Enjoyable series though not perfect. It has a slightly hagiographic nature in relation to Comey though at the same time he comes across as pretty naive. Brendan Gleeson's portrayal of Trump is brilliant but you can't help feel it humanises him a bit too much. Some of the characters, especially the Trump side, are presented very one dimensionally as 'baddies', but perhaps that's accurate...