Endgame!!!!!!!!!!!

[alexandral]

It has happened! A show with non-evil Russian! And even more: an awesomely fabulous Russian! Well, the Russian is a genius chess-player and blond , but nonetheless! The cold war is probably over!

Apart from the Russian thing that was bound to make me immediately interested, the new Canadian shown about a mastermind strategist who finds the solutions to various problems from the room of his expensive hotel (because he has a terrible psychological trauma after witnessing his girlfriend's death and can't get out of the hotel, poor thing) is immense fun. It pokes at "Mentalist" (this is where the blond locks come from) and in one single first episode manages to make fun of a huge number of various stereotypes: gay parents, Mexican women, and already mentioned Russians.



To add to it, Shawn Doyle (the actor that plays Arkady Balagan) is gorgeous. His Russian is terrible but his eyes are piercing blue. Quick Googling tells me that he used to look even better with dark hair.





















PS: I think I like Canadian shows.

Comments

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

yes, I liked that too! But the case itself wasn't as interesting as the one in the first ep.

[karu-mila.livejournal.com]

By the way, did you see last night's episode? There wasn't much Alcina, but I loved how she took down the hit woman, quickly picked up Sam's idea on game theory and called Arkady out on his arrogance. Did you see him call her the Mayan Princess? I'd like to see the show build more on their banter...

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

No, I haven't ** is sad **. it is nowhere to be found!

[karu-mila.livejournal.com]

Aww, that's too bad... maybe it's on the Showcase website. They usually have full episodes of shows there.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

YAy! I fond it!

[karu-mila.livejournal.com]

Yes and hopefully you'll be able to do the same with last night's episode... I'll let you catch and tell me what you think. I don't want to give anything away.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Yes, I hope!

[karu-mila.livejournal.com]

This episode did reveal some tidbits about Arkady and Alcina... Alcina's grandchild is a little girl, Arkady's mother was a poet and he used to go with her to a cafe where she wrote and he ate pashka and Alcina's last name is Albeniz.

Anyways, what kind of story lines would you like to see on the show?