jw

7.0

April 25, 2023

**Watch it now** "The Diplomat" is the best thing to watch in April 2023; and I'm being specific about the when, because this is one of the very rare cases in which the political situation _today_ is both correctly presented and an important part of the plot. An ambassador couple for arabic-and-middle-east-fuss is pulled in to curre...

Peter McGinn

9.0

April 30, 2023

When I started watching this Netflix series, I thought I was watching the 2023 British series with the exact same title. I quickly realized I was wrong, as that series involves a more regional story of a diplomat who assists British citizens who get into trouble in Barcelona. This version, of course, involves world politics at the highest...