![]() Ragnarok, a Norweigian series about a dyslexic teenager discovering his divine superpowered destiny (and has nothing to do with the Marvel movies), opens with the beats of M83’s "Midnight City," the 2011 song whose music video featured superpowered adolescents breaking out of the facility they are confined in. For that reason alone, this rom-com is worth the plunge, but the flirtatious chemistry between Se-ri and Captain Ri will suck you in for good. According to defectors, the show does a fairly accurate job of depicting the daily life of average North Koreans, something that Westerners hardly ever see, with documentarians and tourists given tightly controlled puppet shows run by its totalitarian dictatorship. The culture exchange between Se-ri and everyone else is absolutely fascinating to watch as she struggles to adjust to life without easy access to Nice Things and act comradely to her fellow villagers. Se-ri is found by Captain Ri (Hyun Bin), and after a few directionally challenged mishaps in her escape attempt, winds up living in Ri and his underlings' small village nearby. In this K-Drama, Son Ye-jin plays the self-absorbed heiress and lifestyle brand CEO Yoon Se-ri, who, while testing out one of her latest products via paragliding just north of Seoul, gets swept up in a storm, is blown past the demilitarized zone which separates North and South Korea-which are still technically at war with each other-and literally crash lands in North Korean territory. These contestants are all in it to win it, meaning chaos, catfishing tactics, and questions of authenticity abound, and Brazil's diverse cast makes for a great case of more representation in reality shows across the board. While the American one is addicting based on the concept alone, following isolated strangers who communicate and complete challenges exclusively through an app in order to compete for ratings to win a cash prize, you can go ahead and skip it altogether and settle in for one of its flirty international siblings instead, both way more fun than its stateside predecessor, and many of the group challenges are regionalized, so you can finally learn some decent Brazilian dance moves. Then, just a few months later, the streamer dropped its Brazilian version of the show, and shortly after that came the French one. ![]() The risks are increasingly higher, and the chance of survival is low.Netflix found an outlet to harness the modern anxieties around and obsessive pulls of social media via its reality TV competition show The Circle, based on a British predecessor of the same name. Undercover manages to interweave both stories with Bob being the center-point. Newer characters are brought to the fold, but the series smartly adopts a two-pronged approach with the narrative on one side you have the illegal arms trading plot, and on the other, we witness Ferry and Danielle’s life post their conviction. We see a different Bob entirely, and it forces the audience to question his choices, and ultimately, his ethics. It’s not about justice at all - there’s no real division between good and evil.īob is not trying to separate his personal and professional life in Season 2 there’s a clear wall that’s blurred, and it provides the necessary depth for an exciting, consistent continuation. While Bob’s mission is to go undercover and unearth the illegal trading, the second installment of the Netflix series is doused in a strong taste for revenge, making the story have a different angle entirely. Kim is killed in the first chapter after she uncovers illegal arms trading. Undercover season 2 continues in the same vein - in the first two chapters it’s evident that they have captured the same magic there’s an exciting feeling in the pit of your stomach that tells you to binge.īob returns, but we have to warn you that Season 2 opens up with a tragedy that forms the rest of the story. Season 1 impressed with its personal, spy espionage-approach that had the Ozarkfeeling where characters become consumed by a location and live by their experiences. ![]() And that brings me to the Belgian crime thriller Undercover, that is undoubtedly one of the best series on the streaming service. And with that stigma, hidden gems like To the Lakeand Grand Armyget missed by a mass audience. One of the great shames about Netflix is that the streaming service is frequently accused of not providing enough content OR that they do provide content, but there’s not enough quality. ![]() We recapped every episode - check out the archive.
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