The Undeclared War

Do not watch this series if you cannot handle an open ending. There is no season 2 and the story is nowhere near a wrap-up. The series season 1 is interesting and quite different from other computer-nerd centric series. I might even go as far as calling it realistic. Simon Pegg is in the most serious role I've ever seen him in, which is also refreshing. The main accress is not just another woke face, she actually is a proper actress for a change. Also quite good. The story is a bit too slow as it focusses a bit too much on her family relations. Not very realistic is how the intern gets to go do field work, but ok, let's forget that mishap from the writers (suddenly you wonder if you're watching a series for 14 y/o's on Nickelodeon or something). Other then that it's an interesting look at how the Ruzzian trolls are doing their internet spam, manipulation and propaganda. It's really disappointing that this small gem did not get a season 2.

[SkyShowtime] A cyber espionage story that raises some interesting reflections on a society manipulated to doubt everything through the generation of fake news, but that ends up being particularly bland and boring, especially for a main character whose plot-side conflicts, regardless of the espionage plot, are soporific. The irrelevant presences of Simon Pegg and Mark Rylance add to the sense of frustration over what could have developed with more momentum, but ends up getting wrapped up in an implausible and lackluster tale of Western-Russian cyberattacks.