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Pennyworth (2019)
Love Dorothy Atkinson!
Other than Jack Bannon, the best actress/actor on Pennyworth is Dorothy Atkinson, she really makes the best of her limited lines.
Debris (2021)
dreadful acting
The premise of the series is interesting but there appears to be a definite lack of continuity between scenes, one scene jilts into another with no explanation, characters appear and disappear with no explanation as to why, possibly an inexperienced director?, and the 2 main characters have stilted and 2-dimensional qualities that make it painful to watch, as if they were reciting their lines from a distant billboard. The main male character (can I even still say "male"??) appears to think that good acting involves standing still and staring to express any emotion.
Mr Inbetween (2018)
Like Seinfeld if he were an assassin-
It's a "show about nothing" except Ray does killings for hire. He picks up his daughter from school, gets ice cream, takes care of his seriously ill brother, then kidnaps and kills someone, then takes his girlfriend out for dinner, plays with his dog, then goes and whacks a few bad guys. Its the best new show I've seen in a long while, and of course that's why there won't be a season 3--sigh..
ABC Afterschool Specials: Make-Believe Marriage (1979)
looks aren't everything
this was one of my favorite episodes, there are also 2 "movies" in the same genre that I really enjoyed, one is "Molly's Pilgrim" and the other is "Sweet Fifteen". In this episode of Make Believe Marriage, 2 students are randomly selected to act as a pretend married couple and they have to try to cope with various "real life" assigned scenarios such as trying to find someone who will rent them an apartment, finding work while still attending school, shopping for furnishings on a limited budget, and trying to cook meals. The boys real life girlfriend -an empty headed blonde looker- is naturally jealous of his assigned partner, a thoughtful but overweight brunette and back-stabs her every chance she gets. The kicker comes when they also have to pretend they have a baby, and in bonding together over these shared troubles the boy comes to realize that outward looks don't count for much after all.