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  "title": "TV Shows on in review",
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      {
        "id": "http://alexink.micro.blog/2026/07/19/pi-with-sugar/",
        "title": "P.I. With Sugar",
        "content_html": "<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/75396/2026/apple-tv-sugar-key-art-graphic-header-4-1-show-home.jpg.large-2x.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"174\" alt=\"\">\n<p>Following on from watching <strong>Tehran</strong>, we started, or I should say, I started watching <strong>Sugar</strong> on Apple TV. The OH didn&rsquo;t like it and, after about 10 minutes, left me to watch it on my own. I have to admit, I found it a little off to begin with but, stuck with it through to a second and then, third episode and now? I&rsquo;m looking forward to seeing what all the fuss is about.</p>\n<p>Certainly a different take on the Gumshoe Detective slash P.I. genre, with some big reveal coming and, given the clues, I think I know what. Talk about mash-up.</p>\n<p>Will see how this one pans out.</p>\n",
        "date_published": "2026-07-19T13:52:54-04:00",
        "url": "https://ireview.ca/2026/07/19/pi-with-sugar/",
        "tags": ["TV Shows"]
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        "id": "http://alexink.micro.blog/2026/07/18/we-watched-the-last-couple/",
        
        "content_html": "<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/75396/2026/tehran.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" alt=\"\">\n<p>We watched the last couple of episodes from S3 of Tehran last night and, let me say, it ended with a <strong>Bang</strong>!</p>\n<p>A very satisfying bang at that.</p>\n<p>The build-up through three season of this Israeli spy thriller has been expertly done, with twisty, savvy, politically-dripping storylines ripped from the headlines. What with guest appearances from Glenn Close and Hugh Laurie, the acting has been top-notch. The writing gripping. And the tension, absolutely nerve-wrecking.</p>\n<p>But, is it the end? No. It seems not. There&rsquo;s one more season coming next year. And I for one can&rsquo;t wait to see what the ruthless Yulia has in store for our intrepid spy, Tamar.</p>\n",
        "date_published": "2026-07-18T14:09:33-04:00",
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        "content_html": "<p>As we have 3 months of Apple TV for free, we started binge watching one show after another. And, last night, watched the first few episode of the world’s worst TV show, ever: <strong>Star City</strong>.</p>\n<p>I mean, come on people, every last character on this really show was speaking with a regional British accent that, quite honestly, had me laughing. Aren&rsquo;t they all supposed to be, eh, Russian?</p>\n<p>I think I was in some sort of cultural shock, or something. Hearing these people earnestly being cruel and vindictive in a harsh northern English accent, or delivering dead-pan sentiments of someone’s misconduct with a Glaswegian twang was just too much. Then, when, the erstwhile (<em>boo, hiss</em>) baddie, Anna Maxwell Martin as Lyudmilla Raskova, the head of the KGB surveillance department at Star City bleated on at someone, I lost it altogether.</p>\n<p>At least in <strong>For All Mankind</strong> the Russian characters were played by various European actors who had those clipped vowels and accents that lent credibility to them being ‘<em>Russian</em>’. But in <strong>Star City</strong>?</p>\n<p>It’s like we’re stuck in a dull rainy corner of Manchester or northern Leeds. Any minute we’ll hear the theme song to <strong>Coronation Street</strong> playing on a black and white telly in the corner of someone’s apartment.</p>\n<p>𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧</p>\n",
        "date_published": "2026-07-17T10:55:06-04:00",
        "url": "https://ireview.ca/2026/07/17/as-we-have-months-of/",
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