The new US remake of House of Cards (by netflix) is absolutely excellent. Modern world politics and ruthlessness.
Borgia (also known as Borgia: Faith and Fear) is also very good. Political drama, and an excellent reminder of the massive values dissonance in the renaissance. Good, but slightly spoilery article on that aspect
The new US remake of House of Cards (by netflix) is absolutely excellent. Modern world politics and ruthlessness.
It starts really well, but after 6 or so episodes it becomes progressively less believable (as in, it gets really hard to maintain the standard suspension of disbelief), given many of the key events and actions. I predict the second season will be downhill from there.
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