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

[thinking-lotus.livejournal.com]

It must get v v tiresome what with all the evil Russians in American pop culture!

[dianora77.livejournal.com]

He does have a Russian/Eastern Slavic look about him. :)

[embitca.livejournal.com]

Sounds awesome. Now I just need to go and find a download :)

[kiotona.livejournal.com]

I LOVED that show and I can't wait for the new episode!

And yes, its so nice to see a non-evil Russian. Although you still see it in a lot of American shows unfortunately...but perhaps Americans will see the show and realise the Cold War is over XD /shot

On a side note, I'm glad in a way I don't speak Russian so I can't hear how bad he speaks it XD

[(Anonymous)]

omg! 4 women in a show ?!

[timescout.livejournal.com]

Ok, you talked me into it. ;P I'll check out another Canadian show.

[le-russe-satan.livejournal.com]

Yay for Endgame. I do love his "Russian" accent as well and his prettiness and the fact that he walks around barefoor. I am not entirely sure about the constant drinking though, a bit too stereotypical, but I loved him making fun of suffering russian soul stereotype. XD

[karu-mila.livejournal.com]

Two episodes and I'm already sucked in! Arkady is freakin' awesome and Alcina is boss... by the way, I think she's Guatemalan. I remember her saying that her husband was murdered back in Guatemala.

I totally noticed the similarities to The Mentalist. I can't wait to see where they're going with the fiancee's murder.