Opinion | Ani Bundel: 'When it comes to its new dramas, the new streaming service does have one clear winner — but it’s not the one you might expect.' - NBCNewsTHINK
is, if not dead on arrival, extraordinarily awkward. The show is a mashup of the British version of “The Office,” except set at British intelligence headquarters with Schwimmer as the “American liaison” doing his best Michael Scott. On paper, it should work, and given more than six episodes, it might have gelled. But as it currently stands, the series feels less far too sketchy and lacks a coherent formula.
When it comes to its new dramas, NBC does have one clear winner — but it’s not the one you might expect. The streamer brings two to the table: “Brave New World” and “The Capture.” Since the first announcement of the Peacock brand,Starring Jessica Brown Findlay , Harry Lloyd , and Alden Ehrenreich , it has an A-list cast. But while it looks pretty, it feels thin. Entire stretches are given over to PG-rated orgies instead of clearly explaining the plot.
. A police procedural in the vein of “Bodyguard,” “The Capture” is a mystery driven by the concept of the deep-fake video, when an Afghan veteran, Emery , is captured on CCTV assaulting and kidnapping his own barrister, Hannah Roberts after being acquitted of war crimes. As the detective inspector, Rachel Carey , digs into the case, she discovers Emery doesn’t just claim innocence, but also insists the CCTV footage is faked. As Carey tries to work out who is telling the truth, she starts running into what seems like live CCTV footage, which does not match what eyewitnesses on the scene are seeing.
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