This post contains spoilers for Season Two of The Diplomat, which is now streaming on Netflix. Few shows in recent memory have as good a handle on what they are as The Diplomat. That’s particularly impressive when you consider that the series — starring Keri Russell as Kate Wyler, a …
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As she enters her third season of work on The Diplomat, Keri Russell’s commute to England has gotten a lot shorter. While the political thriller’s first two seasons — featuring Russell’s Emmy-nominated performance as Kate Wyler, the harried U.S. ambassador to Great Britain (Season Two premieres on Netflix Oct. 31) …
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The explosive ending of the first season of The Diplomat is right where the trailer for the second season opens. Did a car bomb kill the husband of Kate Wyler (Keri Russell), the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom? The answer arrives fairly quickly in the clip when Wyler approaches …
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A surprising thing has happened over the last few weeks: The Night Agent became one of the 10 most-watched Netflix series of all time. This isn’t a knock on the spy-thriller, which features the usual solid craftsmanship of The Shield creator Shawn Ryan, a brisk pace, and some likable lead …
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The story writes itself. A drug smuggler found dead in a Knoxville, Tennessee, driveway back in 1985, with a failed parachute and a large duffel bag of cocaine by his side. A black bear found months later, also dead (“Nothing left but bones and a big hide,” the Georgia Bureau …
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