The Diplomat [Netflix]

The Black Oil

New Kerri Russell series. Lands on April 20.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV6sJlBbhPs

Slydice

Didn't feel any hook from the story the weaved in the trailer.

Cast looks solid. Not sure about the story, look and feel. Felt like maybe it would be a bit dull.

The Black Oil

I agree. Watched the trailer a few days ago and it didn't grab me. Maybe Netflix's marketing team were under the weather that day.

Apple's got the best trailers this last while. 'Hey man, this is art', vibes.

Larbre34

Just finished this.

It's a little bit soapy, and not a visual feast,but with some former West Wing people running the show it does have some nice set pieces and mirrors political real life quite well.

Good cast for sure, maybe a few too many of them, but the storyline takes over well by the climax and I look forward to what they do with the emerging thriller aspects in Season 2.

Rufus Sewell is darkly funny and very watchable and is the real hook of the show. For only 8 x 50 mins I'd recommend a watch.

The Black Oil

Renewed.

57.8 million hours of viewership in its first weekend. 

Agent Coulson

Watched this over the last days and really enjoyed it.

Eight episodes makes it an easy watch and it’s darkly funny and ended on a cliffhanger so I was glad to see it was renewed.

Goldengirl

I watched it this week and found it a little unbelievable in the first instance. But the sharp script and humorous interplay between the main characters got me .

Liked Keri Russell in The Americans and was not happy to see Rufus Sewell but he was excellent in this .

CIA Eidra Parks and UK Foreign Sec Dennison are great characters.

Really enjoyable , looking forward to the next season , Spring 2024 apparently .

JP Liz V1

https://tvline.com/casting-news/allison-janney-cast-the-diplomat-season-2-vice-president-1235138861/

In as Vice President

Agent Coulson

Season 2 drops October 31st

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXXcRPmL7HE

JP Liz V1

The Diplomat’ Renewed for Season 3 at Netflix, Will Shift Action to NYC

https://youtu.be/J49VymjKJ8w?si=XcBuRHJyy_pPVBjt

Agent Coulson

Allison Janney joins the cast for season 2 which starts October 31st.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yIeRD9cMQg&ab_channel=Netflix

geecee

All episodes released today!

Time to pump up the TV loud to block out the noise of Dublin fireworks and binge on this!

jj880

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122784393#Comment_122784393

Excellent. I really enjoyed the 1st season and hadnt heard anything about it since until seeing this thread randomly. Great show.

Agent Coulson

Season 2 is only 6 episodes which were all fantastic and some really great acting by all involved.

geecee

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122787619#Comment_122787619

Absolutely fan-effing-tastic finale!

expectationlost

bit lost in the first ep with all the names being thrown around that I cant remember from the first season

expectationlost

Spoiler Warning

ep2 Scotland? this is all about Scotland

extra gravy

Keri Russell and Alison Janney...doesn't get much better than that. Pity we didn't the 8 episodes.

Agent Coulson

I though Roy Kinnear stole every scene he was in as the PM.

Looking forward to season 3 now sadly we probably have to wait a year for it to drop.

expectationlost

Spoiler Warning

quick death

bnt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122792784#Comment_122792784

I read that Season 3 is currently in production, so hopefully less than a year. What a production, though, the locations were impressive. They got to film inside the actual US Embassy, St. Paul's Cathedral, and the Foreign Office in Westminster.

I really enjoyed it, and Season 3 should be fun:

Spoiler Warning

Now that Grace Penn is President, and she knows that the Wylers know she was behind the bombings, their lives are in clear and present danger. Kate is not going to be Veep, and Billie Appiah (Rayburn's Chief of Staff) is probably to be replaced by Penn's man.

One of my favourite moment is having Penn (Janney) chew out Wyler about her appearance, the bit in the trailer about the paperclip ..!

cml387

Finished it last night.

It's a bit preposterous but the acting and script are top notch (West Wing lite maybe?)