Counterpart Season 1 Trailer | Rotten Tomatoes TV
We started watching this series the other night based on Roberta's recommendation. It's set in Berlin, which is a good start as Babylon Berlin was set there, and Berlin is is Germany, which won WW2 in the The Man in the High Castle. Both of those shows were great, so we'll give it a shot.
It is pretty great. The best part is the actor J. K. Simmons. He plays two characters, one from this world and one from the alternate world, a world almost identical to this one but just slightly different. In this world he is a mild mannered, inoffensive office drone. In the other world he is a man-to-be-dealt-with. The difference is striking, all the more so because the differences are so subtle. I think it must be because of the way he carries himself and the way he moves. It is just phenomenal.
One aspect of the show involves a flu pandemic that killed five hundred million people in the other world. Naturally, people on that side of the divide are very conscientious about preventing infection. It looks a lot like the USA does now with everyone wearing masks.
The atmosphere on the other side looks a lot like East Berlin during the Cold War: big guys in heavy coats and soldiers with machine guns everywhere you go. I can kind of understand it in both cases. During WW2, Russia suffered horrific losses and when they finally defeated the Germans they were not going to let that happen again, hence their iron rule. Likewise, the other world has been devastated by disease and they are taking all possible precautions to prevent it happening again.
Update August 2022 replaced missing video
Update March 2023 replaced missing video
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Just found and watched the entire thing in something like 7 days. It's only 2 seasons, but is a good and easy watch with enough suspense to make it worth the time. Lots of nudity, enough alternative male and female relationships to keep the woke happy. It does leave a solid opening for a 3rd one if someone would pony up the budget.
I'm not sorry I watched the series, and would watch a 3rd if it came out.
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