“The Bear” Season 3 / “The Perfect Couple.”

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“The Bear” Season 3, drama of some sort. I must say I enjoyed Season 1 and Season 2, regardless of some episodes that seem painstakingly stretched. Examples: Carmy's monologue and the family dinner “battle royale” of fiery mouths.



       Season 3 is, uhh. I don't know. We were already on Episode 9 (of 10) but still I couldn't grasp a conflict or story or a real dramatic sequence other than the yelling and the F word. The only time that I sense a story is in E7, Tina's episode with Michael.

       I don't question the overall acting though. But S3 is basically a ruminative, impressionistic redo of S1/S2 or Carmy's elongated mushy dramatics. And damn, this is NOT comedy as categorized by the Emmy people. Comedy is "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." 🎥📺📽


“The Perfect Couple” (Netflix) mystery drama miniseries based on the 2018 novel with the same name by Elin Hilderbrand. More like a daytime soap opera with a bit of Hollywood glitz confection. Nicole Kidman is Greer Garrison Winbury, a famous novelist and Liev Schreiber is Tag, her gallivanting husband. Add the usually fine Eve Hewson (Bono's daughter) and usually more than fine Dakota Fanning (Elle's sister) and a coterie of actors and actresses who'd qualify for daytime soap without an audition. 



       Set in the island of Nantucket in Massachusetts, the story centers around a lavish wedding that is abruptly disrupted by a murder. Okay, I won't say anything more. Click and watch at your own risk (of ruining your weekend). Although a real weekend in Nantucket would be awesome. 🎥📺📽


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