34/47
Quoted in Premios Soberano (2024)
Synopsis
CIA Agent Joe tries to balance his personal and professional life as the spearhead of the agency’s war on terror. Real-life military advisors helped produce a more authentic execution of weapons management, house clearance, positioning, task-based teamwork, etc. Mr. Sheridan knows how to take us into testosterone-fueled, macho worlds, without cliché and seemingly without agenda. It is what it is.
No apologies needed
His characters are always down to earth and he is extremely skilled at casting. But to be great you have to write good parts for women. The writing has to be as good, if not better, than the writing for men. Guys are simple. Women are smarter, more complex.
They are strong and compelling
Beth on Yellowstone (exceptional character and performance), the barrel riders, the lonely ranch hand (the fantastic Jen Landon as Teeter), all great female characters who fit into the world of the story naturally and unforced. Not just ‘the partner of…’ or T& R. She stepped up her game with the excellent Faith Hill character crushed in “1883”; followed by Dame Mirren in the misfire of “1923”. Now we have Zoe Saldana, who is doing some of the best work of her career. I totally buy her as the head of the CIA in an open marriage (nice touch).
What a face!
I buy De Oliveira as a broken woman with a burning anger who won’t give up and thank you, thank you, thank you writers/director/producers for NOT letting her get the best of a male comrade with another-hundred pounds of muscle. Truthfulness first! I think her character is much more interesting if she’s someone who needs to be knocked out or just beaten to the ground before she quits. Now let’s talk about Jill Wagner or should I say her hair? From schmaltzy Hallmark Dreck to super badass Special Forces?
I’ll buy it
Honorable Mention: Mr. Lanier as the mean teenage daughter. I’ll wait for the arc drawn for this vague canon as long as they continue to avoid the teen angst trope. Good actor, could get interesting…