The Diplomat (TV Series) Some Lusty Tornado (2023) User Reviews

Particularly strong performance by Rory Kinnear

[CommanderCobra · 9/10 · 19 June 2023]

Show continues to impress. The writing is so intricately tied to todays real life conflict in Ukraine, it provides genuine thoughtful perspective of how things may play out.

Like in Penny Dreadful, the more screen time you give Rory Kinnear, the better your show will be. He plays the prime minister so well, you can't help but think the guy would actually make a great politician.

Love where the show is headed and I think it was wise to keep the characters to a small group. The show doesn't have any space for annoying unnecessary characters and there are none. After 6 episodes, perhaps it's time to reveal the real villain for viewers to root against instead of a shadowy country, to make it more personal.

It's been one of those days, I'm off for the federal holiday of Juneteenth; a holiday that needs more recognition. But yeah, I've just watched 6 episodes of The Diplomat and I'm all in.

Everything Takes Time

[Hitchcoc · 9/10 · 4 July 2023]

It's interesting that all this is taking place in a tight little period of time. As the politicos bounce off one another, there are sane voices. Kate is finally getting things done. She takes risks, yes, but diplomacy always needs that. Deniability is always an alternative although it doesn't help in the long run. The Prime minister is such a jerk. But he is a typical politician: "You voted for me--I will do whatever I want--but I'm also aware that I have seem real deficits, historically. It turns out he has a connection that most are not aware of, and that will be tapped. Finally, the Vice President's position is in the works and Kate may have to play dirty.

Episode 6

[bobcobb301 · 6/10 · 3 May 2023]

This show can have such poignant dialogue and actual, believable responses to world events and the chaos we see in 2023, and then they give us the main characters raiding the kitchen and eating pies without a fork and drinking bottles of wine with the prime minister. It almost feels like Desperate Housewives where they go from goofy comedy in one second to a very serious issue the next.

This is a show that has some buzz behind it and rightfully so. Even in its worst moments it is still a lot more intelligent than the majority of shows on Netflix so it has that going for it at least. But it can improve in many ways.