Secret City

Secret City: Under the Eagle (TRAILER) Netflix
Season 2 of a story about a conspiracy in the very highest levels of the Australian government. We watched the first season last summer. There are a few gaping plot holes, and the premise this story is built on is pretty weak, but all the machinations of the security services and all political squabbling feels totally real. You would not want to get caught up in it.

It sounds a whole lot like what we have here in the USA, except a bit more connected to real life. Here in the USA all we hear about is which way the tweet storm is blowing, and that is all just bullshit. You never hear about what is actually happening unless someone manages to let a fact escape, and then who is going to catch that one little bit of info in the Tsunami of nonsense that is coming down the pike?

Of course, things are probably not any better in real life Australia. This show just makes it seem better because they are showing us what is going on behind the totally fictional scenes. It feels real though. Someone has done a good job of distilling our paranoia into a believable story.