Stream Away With ‘Jack Ryan,’ ‘Ozark,’ and ‘Place to Call Home’
A critical checklist of notable Friday TV and streaming premieres:
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (streaming on Amazon Prime Video): John Krasinski (The Office, A Quiet Place) is the latest to take on the persona of Tom Clancy’s iconic action hero, now tailored for binge-watching. The eight-episode first season introduces him early in his career, as a CIA desk-jockey analyst who only reluctantly enters the field, where his Marine training comes in handy. The global terrorism thriller builds to impressively harrowing action scenes in Yemen, the French Alps and other exotic locations.
Ozark (streaming on Netflix): The Emmy-nominated crime drama returns with Marty and Wendy Byrde (Jason Bateman and Laura Linney) once again immersed in deadly intrigue, when all they want is to escape this treacherous backwater with their long-suffering teenage kids. The second season revolves around their efforts to open a casino as a money-laundering front for the relentless cartel, whose icy lawyer is played by the ferocious Janet McTeer. The most compelling anti-hero in this mix may be Julia Garner as scrappy local Ruth Langmore, who’s trying to do right by her cursed family while keeping her jailbird dad (Trevor Long) from causing too much mischief.
A Place to Call Home: The Final Chapter (streaming on Acorn TV): The popular Australian family saga, an Acorn staple, embarks on its sixth and final season, with the Blighs heading into the 1960s and toward a reckoning with their turbulent past. A two-episode premiere will be followed with new episodes on Mondays (starting Sept. 10), with healing and transformation the theme for what promises to be an emotional climax.
Inside Friday TV: PBS’s American Masters begins a three-week Friday series of “Artists Flight” documentaries, profiling notable visual artists. First up: Eva Hesse (9/8, check local listings at pbs.org), remembering the German-born American sculptor who caused a stir in the New York art scene in the 1960s until her untimely death at 34 in 1970 of a brain tumor… SpongeBob SquarePants’ Tom Kenny, Scrubs’ Sarah Chalke and Speechless star Cedric Yarbrough are among the voices on Netflix’s new adult animated comedy Paradise PD, about the “worst responders” of a hapless precinct in the deeply shallow South.
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Thanks. I wish I had time for it, but with more than 100 recorded shows on my DVR to watch, I don't want to start anything new right now. I'm sure there will be other times they offer free access just like Hulu which bugs me ever so often with a deal like that.
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Thanks for the info. As much stuff that's on All Access that I'd probably like, I don't have any plans to even try a free trial. Because then the email and "hard sell" pressure would start, and I don't want to deal with that. If it was FREE-free (i.e., no signing in, using codes, etc.) then I'd love it for the next month, but not if I have to sign up and give them any info.
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Nothing for me until CBS's Salvation airs on Monday.
Regarding last night's double dose of ABC's Take Two:
The "alien" mystery was convoluted and impossible for me to figure out (as are most of the cases on this show). The gang/drug dealing episode was more typical and not really a mystery. Take Two has become much more serious and not nearly as light and fluffy like the earlier episodes. WGN's Carter is far lighter and funnier and the mysteries are much more predictable to me.
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I think Carter is supposed to be more of a comedy, and, as I said the other day, Take Two might depend on what the "case of the week" is. I thought the alien mystery one had a lot of amusing moments. It just wasn't as silly as the first 2 episodes were. I think they wanted her to look ridiculous at first then show that she really could become a decent detective.
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Take Two 's concept was similar to Carter early on, but now Take Two is much more serious to me. The "alien" ep was fun to watch. I had no idea where they were going with it.
Hopefully ABC renews this enjoyable show.
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Whistleblowers and Father Brown for me.
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Killjoys is the only show I still watch on Friday evenings.
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