The Diplomat 2023 Netflix

I pretty much had a big smile on my puss during all 8 episodes of this smart and sassy political show that has thriller lines throughout. The story is about a new U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain and her ups and downs in her professional and personal life both of which are leaking all over the place. The series has some top notch people behind the screen including some folks who know how to write a series like Debora Cahn who also pushed her pen for “The West Wing” and several directors including Andrew Bernstein who hit the mark with “Ozark.” Not bad.

The cast is terrific lea by Keri Russell as the ambassador who is superb. I've never seen her before and to be frank I wasn't expecting much from her, but she soars as the harried and harassed ambassador who has to deal with realistic political headaches including the attack on a British aircraft carrier in the Persian gulf that might be the work of Iran or some other dark force.

On top of that she has to deal with her falling apart marriage to Rufus Sewell who was also in the foreign services. The show is as I said smart and fast, the dialogue comes at us with the speed of a torpedo and it usually hits its target which is us the audience. Some have been complaining about all the cussing going on. Well that's how people talk and no doubt if "The West Wing" was on cable or streaming the language would have been fucking vulgar as it is here.

Also some are upset because Russell's appearance is a little on the sloppy side, her hair is a big issue with some who think she needs to comb it. This is her character and her look for me is part of her charm if I can use that word, and her sleep in look is perfect. This is a smart person who doesn't care about how she looks, maybe its because she knows how good looking she is, and is confident. She is intense for sure and there are a few fierce donnybrooks with her husband that bruises them both. The supporting cast is terrific especially David Gyasi, Ali Ahn, Rory Kinnear, Ato Essandoh, Celia Imrie and the marvelous T'Nia Miller. See this one. A 2nd season is coming.