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TV SERIES

Person Of Interest (SEASON 1)

THE BEST

Here's a realistic and fresh entertainment. Shown on CBS, Person of Interested (POI) is a well succeeded creation of Jonathan Nolan (brother of director Christopher Nola) who wrote the screenplays for Christopher's movies "Memento", "Batman Begins", "The Prestige", "The Dark Knight", as well as the upcoming "The Dark Knight Rises", and "Man of Steel.

A significant portfolio doesn't certificate the quality of this TV Series. It happens this monitored world where each one of us can be screened at any real time is not science fiction for a long time. The only unrealistic aspect is the benevolent approach on the vigilance. I'm sure nobody would really mind being watched by the funny computer genius named Finch.

He developed a machine they say it's used to detect information leading to acts of terrorism before they happen. But he also developed a back door into the system which only spits out the social security number of a central person involved in the crime.

Supposedly dead in the authority's eyes, Finch hires John Reese, an ex-CIA special operations agent, who, too, dropped out of life after his girlfriend was killed as the result of a professional incident, and he was dissatisfied with the government's handling of the situation. Go figure...




Seinfeld, get back

Veep (SEASON 1)

THE WORST

From POI to VIP, pardon, VEEP it's a long way down. The long empathy of Julia Louis-Dreyfuss from her unforgettable participation in classic humour series Seinfeld vanishes after two episodes of miscarried comic sense in VEEP.

A single travelling camera that never stops intended to give rhythm and action to the vice-minister office is even more tiring than the senseless dialogues produced in what should be a satire to the political agenda of top government persons.

One gets the feeling this could be a fairly good TV series if it had a background of good and imaginative scripts, which is not definitely the case. If you have by any chance an urge to get bored, take a look at this VEEP.