Madam Secretary is a television programme that, I saw advertised on the Freeview channel Drama, initially I demurred from bothering with it, for the spurious rationale that it was a yank TV show.
Eventually I decided to give it a shot for the sole reason, that why not how bad could it be?
Now I find that I am watching more than one, episode a time which for me is a personal revelation, my own view for what, its worth is that its an okay show, channel hopping as I do I see far, too much American material, shows and films.
I seriously find it inevitable to at least, subconsciously compare yank shows, and compared to so much dross, out there this show is a veritable prize.
Madam Secretary is well made, scripted, acted, staged and filmed, the stories are intelligent, and far too believable, from the political machinations, the stupid office infighting, the family situations, of spoiled privileged brats.
I have only seen Tea Leoni in a tiny handful of movies, none of which really asked her to properly act, that is my honest assessment and here, we see her not only spread her wings, we see her sour majestically. Finally I think she has a part, to not only test her acting abilities, but also to allow her to show herself, as a human being through her work.
Whether this part was tailor made for her, it should provide a perfect showcase, to enable her to get far better acting opportunities, than she has been presented with.
I am a political animal so I relish and lap up the machinations, as a foreigner and as a republican socialist, I can also view them from a thoroughly biased perspective.
On the show's characters I find the two in the Secretary's staff, Geoffrey Arend and Patina Miller, specifically irritating and immensely annoying. In particular their relationship is irrelevant, their continual bickering is childish, to behave like this even in off duty moments. Well in an ordinary workplace it may be considered as commonplace, but in that pressurised environment, it should be considered totally unacceptable. It shouldn't need the intervention, of a hired gun to sort matters out, it should never be allowed to reach that state.
As a character Geoffrey Arend is far, too much of a loose cannon, for anyone's own good especially his own, the character of Patina Miller is someone, that I have to wonder just how much, thought process actually went into, her decision making process in even applying for her position.
The fact that I am getting so involved in the show, is a testament to the acting abilities, of both Matt Mahoney, and Daisy Grant, in managing to encapsulate their parts so perfectly, that their characters manage to get under my skin so completely.
Eventually I decided to give it a shot for the sole reason, that why not how bad could it be?
Now I find that I am watching more than one, episode a time which for me is a personal revelation, my own view for what, its worth is that its an okay show, channel hopping as I do I see far, too much American material, shows and films.
I seriously find it inevitable to at least, subconsciously compare yank shows, and compared to so much dross, out there this show is a veritable prize.
Madam Secretary is well made, scripted, acted, staged and filmed, the stories are intelligent, and far too believable, from the political machinations, the stupid office infighting, the family situations, of spoiled privileged brats.
I have only seen Tea Leoni in a tiny handful of movies, none of which really asked her to properly act, that is my honest assessment and here, we see her not only spread her wings, we see her sour majestically. Finally I think she has a part, to not only test her acting abilities, but also to allow her to show herself, as a human being through her work.
Whether this part was tailor made for her, it should provide a perfect showcase, to enable her to get far better acting opportunities, than she has been presented with.
I am a political animal so I relish and lap up the machinations, as a foreigner and as a republican socialist, I can also view them from a thoroughly biased perspective.
On the show's characters I find the two in the Secretary's staff, Geoffrey Arend and Patina Miller, specifically irritating and immensely annoying. In particular their relationship is irrelevant, their continual bickering is childish, to behave like this even in off duty moments. Well in an ordinary workplace it may be considered as commonplace, but in that pressurised environment, it should be considered totally unacceptable. It shouldn't need the intervention, of a hired gun to sort matters out, it should never be allowed to reach that state.
As a character Geoffrey Arend is far, too much of a loose cannon, for anyone's own good especially his own, the character of Patina Miller is someone, that I have to wonder just how much, thought process actually went into, her decision making process in even applying for her position.
The fact that I am getting so involved in the show, is a testament to the acting abilities, of both Matt Mahoney, and Daisy Grant, in managing to encapsulate their parts so perfectly, that their characters manage to get under my skin so completely.