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Post by bumblemusprime » Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:31 am

Good show. With the fringe benefit of seeing Morena Baccarin unclothed. Anyone else watching this? First episode is free, which is how they get you.

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Post by Best First » Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:59 pm

how, HOW, is that a fringe benefit?
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Post by spiderfrommars » Wed Oct 19, 2011 4:02 pm

bumblemusprime wrote:With the fringe benefit of seeing Morena Baccarin unclothed.
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Post by bumblemusprime » Fri Oct 28, 2011 4:55 am

Just watched episode 2. Gonna have to space this out. Pretty amazing. The two leads are magnetic--CIA agent losing her mind and recovered prisoner of war trying to beat PTSD while possibly planning a terrorist attack.

I'd be curious what Yaya thinks of the way the show is playing with expectations about Islam in America.
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Post by snarl » Tue Nov 01, 2011 11:48 pm

This is good, cheers for the heads up.

Fan of Damian Lewis, nice surprise to see him in it after they hacked his beard off. He is very watchable. I even liked Dreamcatcher.

Damn Yankee boys, that's another brit playing the lead in one of your marquee dramas!

Oh, that's Clare Danes too, and one of the blokes out of Due South!
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Post by bumblemusprime » Wed Nov 02, 2011 3:43 am

snarl wrote:This is good, cheers for the heads up.

Fan of Damian Lewis, nice surprise to see him in it after they hacked his beard off. He is very watchable. I even liked Dreamcatcher.

Damn Yankee boys, that's another brit playing the lead in one of your marquee dramas!

Oh, that's Clare Danes too, and one of the blokes out of Due South!
Damian Lewis has played a bunch of American war heroes. I find it funny. If there was any real Captain America, it was Richard Winters in Band of Brothers, played by a Brit.

I've seen two eps now and interested to see where the subplot about the Saudi prince is going to go, other than an excuse to show a lot of tit.
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Post by Best First » Wed Nov 02, 2011 7:40 pm

Did George RR Martin write this as well?
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Post by bumblemusprime » Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:32 pm

Actually done by the guys from 24, based on an Israeli series.

Need to catch the latest episodes. I am severely behind on the boob tube.
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