![]() I would also like to congratulate the cast and crew on being renewed for a second season! Let me know what you think about Epix’s new CIA thriller in the comments below or on social media. Check out my reviews for the first, second and third episode of Berlin Station and make sure to check out the full review below if you’re not daunted by spoilers. ![]() ‘Just Decisions’ premiered on Epix on November 20th. The episode is fast paced and packed with details that I am sure will be highly important not only leading up to the season finale but for other seasons to come. After the last two weeks set up a possible insight into ISIL plans (sorry for not reviewing the previous two episodes), the Berlin CIA station is preparing a sting operation in order to capture a reformed terrorist. TL DR: Intense doesn’t even begin to describe the latest episode of Berlin Station. The series is set to debut ten episodes in its first season and every week I will watch, review and recap the episodes. Be warned for spoilers ahead but make sure to check out my TL DR before the review for a quick spoiler free review of what I thought about this week’s episode. The fact this is such a glaring flaw in Berlin Station tells you something.Set in the German capital, Berlin Station follows a team of CIA operatives as they try to stop state secrets from being exposed by international hacktivist Thomas Shaw while still keeping secrets of their own under wraps. These issues crop up with international productions and are often overlooked if the show actually captures your attention. Richard Jenkins, an excellent American actor, is the head of Berlin Station and solidifies much of the series with his gravitas, even if he doesn’t have much to work with early on.Īs for the German actors, let’s just say that the accents seem to vary in intensity. ![]() British actor Richard Armitage is playing the lead American undercover agent, sent to Germany to figure out who Thomas Shaw is, and the actor is mostly mumbling something that sounds vaguely American but could veer British if he put more oomph into it. Welsh actor Rhys Ifans also plays an American CIA agent but does a better job of it mostly because the character’s drink-heavy, pansexual background is more intriguing. But this is a spy series looking for someone or something to make you care. Roskam ( The Drop, Bullhead) does an excellent job of keeping you visually entertained. And if the story needs time to gather steam, then you’d better have characters that pop.īerlin Station benefits from being shot in Germany so that it can at least stick out visually - and director Michael R. And the first lesson needs to be that you can’t eventually become compelling - you have to do it rather quickly. Some element of this might be due to the fact that successful American novelist Olen Steinhauer ( The Tourist, The Cairo Affair), who created and wrote Berlin Station, is new to the TV game and unfolds the shady complexities of Berlin Station in a way that might have made sense on HBO years ago as a slow-build drama that eventually pays off - an exercise no longer allowed in this hyper-competitive landscape unless, say, you’re HBO.
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