Holy shit, Rubicon

[darkemeralds]

I've been watching Rubicon since the first ep, a weird, slow-moving, fascinating drama about...spies? conspiracy theories? It wasn't clear till this latest ep, but it kept being moody, and it was building slowly towards something--clues, interesting characters, beautiful cinematography, something developing.

Then wham! Episode 11. Whoa. Suddenly the whole story starts to knit together and now I can't wait for more.



So, at last we see that it IS a conspiracy, it's about Disaster Capitalism With An Extra Evil Twist in which several interconnected corporations actively encourage and even cause major disasters around the world in order to profit from them. Will is onto it now.

And dude. Kale? What language was he speaking on the phone before he went and did that utterly coldhearted, efficient cleanup of Will's apartment? With power saws? Looks like he left a spot of blood, though.

And how crazy is the head honcho at API? Actually putting a hit on Will and specifying that it should look like suicide by heroin overdose.



I like the relationships--they're realistic and interesting, and I even kind of like Will's artist girlfriend, though I keep thinking she's a kind of Mellie/November and is going to become a ninja any second.

Rubicon. My quality show. I have to have one.

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[writerscramp]

Holy crap! I got behind by two episodes (11 & 12) and FINALLY had a chance today to catch up; I've been saving this post on my saved tabs so I could come back to comment, because A) you're the only person I know who's also watching Rubicon, and B) OMG SO AWESOME WHAT.

Srsly. I love intellectual thrillers liek whoa (I've seen All the President's Men dozens of times...at least dozens...I used to just put it on in the background like people listen to music). And this show has pushed that button repeatedly and with much satisfaction. And then they just went and cranked it up to 11. When Kale helps him to the bathroom and writes that note not to come out, shuts the door, and then the sound of the saw? Goddamn.

Also, can I just say? That Arliss Howard is a total fucking badass as Kale. Also, I think Spengler is a pretty cool villain, because he's kind of likeable in a way, especially. A creepy way, most definitely, but also I kind of feel sorry for him. Still evil, but not one-dimensional.

The artist girlfriend is annoying, but not cloyingly so. I had to giggle at her joke when he comes over the first night and she's trying to figure out just how much he's kidding about the conspiracy thing, and she tells him he can chain her to the radiator have push her up against the wall. I HATE that scene in Three Days of the Condor -- it strikes me as bizarre and fucked up -- but I busted up when she said it.

AND THEN! Episode 12 comes along and holy fucking shit. Seriously, what a great show. Cannot wait for the season finale.

[darkemeralds]

Great summation! The sound of the saw was so...WTF??? and brutal and man, that was one amazingly well-done scene.

I'm so glad you're watching too. It's the most intriguing television I've seen in years--maybe ever. There's not a single face in it that's familiar to me, except the wonderful Miranda Richardson, so I feel I'm seeing something entirely new. I have no preset expectations of the actors or the writers, and they all continue to amaze and intrigue week after week.

We will have to discuss it together some more once the season has wound up--next week, is it? Eeee! I wish more people were watching (though I heard somewhere that it's been given a second season).