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Fallout shelter endgame1/3/2024 ![]() ![]() Jordan Johnson-Hines’ Anthony often serves as a voice of reason but provides a lot of necessary support for Val. Ryan Michelle Bathé is a great counterpart to Baccarin, a relationship the series could sail or fail on, but Bathé’s wounded Val also gets her own personal traumas, especially concerning her difficult past with her former agent husband Owen (a solid Kamal Boden), who has ties to Elena + Sergey. ![]() ![]() Morena Baccarin is a superlative lead as criminal mastermind Elena, with the series masterfully leveraging her considerable charisma (just the small raise of an eyebrow or a sly smile with her pursed red lips) to make her a fierce leader but also giving her flashbacks that showcase her more vulnerable human side too, especially in her love for Sergey (a caddish Costa Ronin). Five of the seven series regulars are BIPOC, including the two leads, as are some of the supporting characters. It almost feels like The Blacklist meets ABC’s sudsy Revenge as the reveals rarely are without purpose, and are used to take down less than heroic elements within the government agencies. However, this series is bravely-serialized with the cases informing the ongoing storyline rather than the ongoing storyline bookending the cases, liked their deeper past ties between the two power ladies (and their husbands). The episodic puzzles, usually revolving around ever-escalating incursions into a half dozen banks in the Big Apple offer thrills as the criminal mastermind’s seemingly-omnipotent, -omniscient gambits are meant to stun both the police + the audience. One of the most compelling elements of the series in 2022 is its portrayal of law enforcement (and government officials), who, for the most part, are portrayed as corrupt targets for vigilante vengeance. The Endgame features two female leads, both BIPOC, with a splashy pilot that contains quite a bit of promise. Procedurals are often favored because the episodes don’t necessarily need to be watched in order and usually are self-contained mysteries solved by episode’s end. The broadcast network’s newest drama is a similar cat+mouse featuring a dynamic duo of a savvy law enforcement officer vs. NBC’s enduring thriller The Blacklist just got renewed for another season (its tenth!) after surviving the exit of its day-one co-lead, proving its staying power. ![]()
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