kemro2002

I came across this title while browsing on Netflix, and I was not sure what was going on for the first 5 minutes of the first episode of this series, until it dawned on me! The 29-year old Brays Efe is portraying the lead, a middle aged woman, Paquita Salas, because... because... Well, you lost me there! I have no idea why on earth the casting director, or whoever was in charge of choosing the actors thought that this was a good idea, and forever ruined a potentially good and funny show. Don't get me wrong, Efe is not necessarily bad in what he does, it is just that, with his looks, the whole deal is utterly unconvincing. Isn't the whole point of acting to convince us, the audience, that you are precisely the person you are pretending to be? And if so, how am I ever supposed to get convinced that Efe is a woman? I live for good surreal comedy, but the fact that a 29-year old male with very little makeup is playing this potentially funny lady just puts me off. Perhaps if the rest of the characters were mis-casted it would have even made sense, but the other actors are believable and seem to know what they are doing to a T. I am so sorry Paquita, it's just not working, and I am more than anything disappointed because the dialogues are smart and funny and I was actually ready to like this show, alas, the unreasonable casting.

In my opinion the best Netflix show so far. I must say that I have always been quite intrigued by TV shows and movies dealing with murders, serial killing and similar type of crime so I have watched a fair share of them. Nowadays amongst so much streaming and TV what I personally find hard to encounter is something that has even the modicum of originality, and suffice it to say Mindhunter brings something new to the table. There is something truly brilliant about the series that from moment one signals someone who knows their work well is involved, so I was not surprised to find out that David Fincher directed 4 of the episode and was an executive producer of season one. The acting and the dialogues are absolutely wonderful. There is such great complexity and growth added to the characters that make you really understand them and their actions. I have always appreciated Jonathan Groff's acting and I think that in this show he is able to fully show his potential, therefore I am really looking forward to seeing where the creators are going to take the character of Holden Ford in season 2. Needless to say that rest of the cast is as good as he is. Both Anna Torv's and Holt McCallany's performances are notable. I am not quite sure how I feel about the character of Holden's girlfriend, portrayed by Hannah Gross, but I do want to see her again. To wrap up. Great acting, amazingly well written, complex and original scrip that finally cuts off what seemed to be a never ending string of copy-pasted FBI-after-a-serial-killer shows.

I have to start by stating that I love 'smart', intellectual comedy, and clearly this is not it. Firstly, the problem I have been having lately is that a lot of the today's comedy is actually too dramatic and not as easy to watch as I would like it to be. Secondly, the other, bigger, problem is that a lot of the 'easier' stuff is not so good. The good news is that 'The Mick' is somewhere in between, satisfyingly good and super easy to watch.

I had a really high expectations when I watched the trailer, and I could not wait to watch the pilot, and although I can't say it lived up to the expectations I was genuinely entertained and satisfied it.

The cast is solid, and Kaitlin Olson seems quite good as Mackenzie Murphy, but I might be a bit biased cause I find her incredibly funny and I would watch anything she is in cause I am a huge 'It's always sunny in Philly' fan.

Easy to watch and fun is what this show is, and what I really think is missing on TV, so I vote 'Yay'!