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jygglypuffdaddy says...
4 years ago
I was expecting this to be pretty bold-faced Israeli propaganda and I'm happy to report after having seen the entire season that it is not that. This show follows Israeli spies as the protagonists, but Israel is presented as flawed and occasionally brutal (if ultimately justified), meanwhile the Iranians in the show get to be fully fleshed relatable humans rather than evil monsters. It's a pretty fair portrayal where everyone gets to be human. The real villain is the hyper-conservative religious leadership.

As a show, it's middling. The initial set-up is good, then it feels like they were told they had to stretch the show over more episodes than originally planned, and it quickly became aimless from the middle on. It gets bogged down in a love story and a side plot about young Iranian rebels. The season ends on a very bland note, way too many (ironically predictable) double-crosses and last minute twists, and does not leave me very exciting for a potential season 2.
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Reply by lezelmaz
2 years ago
@jygglypuffdaddy Thank you for the review. I'm tempted to add to my queue with Glenn Close added to the cast of season 2 + Mossad spy story. However the trailer along with your review point to a dull theatrical intrigue. Israeli based military thrillers of the 70s/80s were gripping for their humanity and focus on dramatic tension born of the survival of a people. Today, examples such as Tehran with its dark mood lighting and panic music just feels folded into the 24/7-dread-saga staple of cable "news" programming. The Angel (2018) has that throwback aesthetic and looks more intriguing to add to my queue (reviews are middling—but still more appealing to me.). The Spy (2019) with Sacha Baron Cohen sort of toggles between old-fashioned moral dilemma driven and modern action thriller—but Cohen is amazing and the story perhaps more worthy.
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