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This documentary series should be required viewing for all U. S. voters, for the upcoming presidential general election. The series follows the origins and development of Hitler's Third Reich. It is an excellent primer for the study of World War II.

There are some foreboding parallels that mirror today's political climate in America, at least on one side of the aisle. As in Nazi Germany, there are remarkable similarities here in today's America. Germany citizens were effectively brainwashed by Hitler's rise to power, hoodwinked by his charismatic promises and speech deliveries. In the final analysis, Hitler cared not one iota about his country's citizens, only his conquest of territory and warped thinking of Aryan ancestry. Today in America, there are similar undercurrents among some of America's would-be voters. They are being blindsided by dictator-like developments, promising a nation to be made great again.

As the adage goes, those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.

This film should be required viewing for anyone who uses social media; for any online advertiser; for anyone who votes in political elections; for any parent; for any teacher. Technology can progress at dizzying speeds but many developers fail to predict all of its ensuing ramifications. Witness the current mental health crisis of the post-Millennials, with skyrocketing depression, anxiety and suicide attempts. Witness the current divide between the political left and right in the U. S., a division which threatens to tear our country's democracy apart. Witness the extreme monetization of our digital media, including the online advertisers who support them. Society needs to get offline to first have a discussion of that which they can agree on, namely the truth, which is not the same thing as artificial intelligence. Barring that, our civilization will only speed headlong into chaos and anarchy.

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when we first practice to deceive." A frustrated middle-aged married man has an affair with a younger colleague from work. One night, he receives a text message in bed. His wife suspects something. The man attempts to resolve the matter. One of them fails and the other does not. This Danish mystery thriller has more twists than a Hitchcockian turnstile. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Needless to say, this viewer was kept in the dark until the very end, and then he still wasn't sure. But was it really the end? Only some of the characters will ever possibly know.