Pasckie Pascua's Nerdy Squirrel Reviews: TV Series.

“A Thousand Blows” (Hulu) Season 2. British historical drama about the Forty Elephants , an all-female crime syndicate who clash with the world of illegal bare-knuckle boxing in 1880s London.        Season 2 follows Hezekiah Moscow, Sugar Goodson, and Mary Carr through a bleaker, more brutal 1880s East End, roughly one year after season one. The plot features Hezekiah seeking revenge and returning to boxing, a broken Sugar seeking redemption and sobriety, and Mary reassembling the Forty Elephants for a massive art heist.        The storytelling remains crafty and tight, and the acting, topnotch. The grit and grime of 17th century London is textured and nuanced, heightened by the stellar performance of leads Erin Doherty as the spunky Mary Carr, Malachi Kirby as the cool and calculating Hezekiah Moscow, and Stephen Graham as the torn and troubled Sugar Goodson. 🎥💻📽 “The Lady” (Britbox) British drama. Partly ficti...

“The Capture” (Amazon Prime) Season 1. British mystery thriller . Deals with the terrifying, modern-day dangers of AI, deepfakes, and manipulated surveillance footage.         Storyline: After his conviction for a war crime in Afghanistan is overturned on appeal, former British army Lance Corporal Shaun Emery finds himself accused of kidnapping and murdering his barrister Hannah Roberts, backed by CCTV evidence. Whilst Emery works to clear his name, fast-tracked Detective Inspector (DI) Rachel Carey of Homicide and Serious Crime Command begins to uncover a complex conspiracy surrounding Emery, calling into question the validity of the footage.        The timely subject offers a binge-watch allure and it didn’t disappoint. Although the characters are pretty much cliches, Holliday Grainger as lead cop Rachel Carey and Lia Williams as cool villainous DSU Gemma Garland manage to inject their individual charm ...