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Paradise: The Mailman [S2:E5] – TV Review

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TL;DR – While it had a strong start, I think I am starting to miss the focus of the first season, as we have another new start for characters.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

Disclosure – I paid for the Disney+ service that viewed this series.

Murals of the survivors on a wall.

Paradise Review –

This season of Paradise has been an interesting one because it does feel like we have had multiple starts. Everyone is about to make a journey, about to make a big change, about to find their wife. But nothing tangible ever coalesces, and I am not sure today’s episode will change anything.

So, to set the scene, in the before times, we are introduced to Gary (Cameron Britton), a mailman in Atlanta, Georgia, who is not very confident, but in his heart, he thinks he is a good man. He is quite lonely, with his only friends being on the computer. He has heard of this conspiracy theory of a volcano in Antarctica. Still, we know that this is not a conspiracy, and his turning the bunker in his mail office into a survival zone might just be the one thing that keeps a handful alive during the dark days of winter. Now, from here, we will be looking at the season as a whole, so there will be [SPOILERS] ahead.

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Paradise: Another Day in Paradise [S2:E3] – TV Review

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TL;DR – This is the episode where all the intrigue from last season gets turned up a notch as we have a less-than-subtle look back at the world today.

Warning – Contains scenes which may cause distress.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

Disclosure – I paid for the Disney+ service that viewed this series.

Sinatra in a coma.

Paradise Review –

After spending the first two episodes of Paradise‘s second season, Graceland &Mayday, it is nice to get back down into the muck with the city itself. The city feels like a façade just waiting for something to break it down, and this week, we get a lot of potential answers to just what that might be.   

So, to set the scene, Samantha “Sinatra” Redmond (Julianne Nicholson) eyes move, one blink after another, as medical monitors beep and whirl. One month, she has been in a coma for one month, what could have changed in Paradise while she was asleep, well, maybe a complete police state takeover led by an idiot president. But in the past, we discovered that the main problem with the volcanic eruption was not the globe-spanning tsunami, but the environmental tailspin that will happen in the years after, dubbed the ‘Venus Effect”. Now, from here, we will be looking at the season as a whole, so there will be [SPOILERS] ahead.

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Paradise: Season 1 – TV Review

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TL;DR – Cornerstoned by some fantastic performances, we explore a world where things might be perfect, as long as you don’t look any deeper.

Rating: 4 out of 5.

Disclosure – I paid for the Disney+ service that viewed this series.

Xavier walks up some stairs.

Paradise Review –

It might just be the current climate, or the fact that rewatching The West Wing makes me feel a growing sense of naivety. But I have been trying to find a new political or politically adjacent series to stick my teeth into. My first attempt was the delightful The Residence, which made its mark. But I wanted to find something with a bit more bite, and today I think I found it.

So, to set the scene, Secret Service Agent Xavier Collins (Sterling K. Brown) was doing his usual daily rounds in the sleepy town of Paradise. The sort of town where you can jog to the President’s house as part of your morning commute. Xavier did the usual handoff to the agents on site, including Jane Driscoll (Nicole Brydon Bloom) and Billy Pace (Jon Beavers). However, something was off that morning, POTUS, Cal Bradford (James Marsden) was still in bed, which was odd even for a man who spends most of his day in a bathrobe. But as he goes into the President’s room, he is accosted by the sight of blood and the body of the President. Xavier should call it in right away, but he locks the site down before word can escape, and before he loses control of the first murder scene in Paradise’s history. Now, from here, we will be looking at the season as a whole, so there will be [SPOILERS] ahead.

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Exploring the Past – Super Troopers (2001)

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TL;DR – A combination of off-brand Afghani animation, smugglers on the border, and all the shenanigans.

Score – 4 out of 5 stars

Post-Credit Scene – There is a mid and end credit scene

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Super Troopers is one of those little films that could. Fighting hard to get it financed and being turned down at every point and then finally getting it greenlit but you only have $1.2 million to put your passion project together. Well after many years a sequel is about to be released so I thought it would be good prep to take a look down memory lane at a world full of shenanigans, so, many, shenanigans.

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