Lioness (2023 – present)

8 | Jul 23, 2023 (US) | Drama, War & Politics

https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/special-ops-lioness/

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Cruz Manuelos, a rough-around-the-edges but passionate young Marine, is recruited to join the CIA's Lioness Engagement Team to help bring down a terrorist organization from within. Joe, the station chief of the Lioness program, is tasked with training, managing and leading her female undercover operatives.

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Taylor Sheridan

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Cast

Zoe Saldaña

Joe McNamara

Laysla De Oliveira

Cruz Manuelos

Dave Annable

Neal McNamara

Jill Wagner

Bobby

LaMonica Garrett

Tucker

James Jordan

Two Cups

Genesis Rodriguez

Captain Josephina 'Josie' Carrillo

Michael Kelly

Byron Westfield

Austin Hébert

Randy

Jonah Wharton

Tex

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Horseface

7 | Dec 02, 2024

My favorite actor is the wax doll that vaguely resembles a younger Nicole Kidman. It's amazing what they can do with animatronics these days. Even though they clearly have very little mechanics to mimic human facial expressions, at times, it almost appears human! BTW, this rating is for season one. It's quite good. I just started season two, and I'm abandoning it before the end of episode one. It's utter trash, zero stars. Just watch season one and pretend the show was canceled after that. It basically canceled itself artistically with season two.

MovieGuys

2 | Aug 15, 2023

Amazed this has such a high rating. I managed about 20 minutes of this, loaded down as it is, with what I view as cynical propaganda for US military exceptionalism. Suffice to say, I could find little to like. From the US military asserting its right to invade and occupy, other nations, through to the US poor being more or less, forced into military service, as an escape from domestic abuse and poverty. Pretty depressing stuff. Acting is fine and clearly money has been spent, on the action scenes, military equipment and more. In summary, a depressing series, that see's US exceptionalism, taking centre stage, once again.