hi there, mid-February

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So 2014. Not such a great year so far. Work has been insane, and I've been having a bunch of health problems that have exacerbated the work craziness and probably also been exacerbated by it. But the two big, stressful work deadlines are in the past, and I've got a medical test on Wednesday that promises some answers (*fingers crossed*), so I'm

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I think you probably would, yes. On one level, it's just solidly done television with interesting characters and lots of moral ambiguity and so forth. And unlike so many of the really brilliant TV shows in recent years that I just can't get into because the characters are such horrible human beings, these characters all have their likeable sides, and you don't feel like it's necessarily going to be completely hopeless for them (just make it 10 more years, and this all goes away!). It's not as brilliant of a show as, say, The Wire or probably Breaking Bad or whatever, but it's high-quality nonetheless.

And although I think the things that appeal to me about Philip and Elizabeth and their relationship with each other may be a little different than the things that appeal to you, I think they would hit your buttons differently. They're very much a married couple, even if an unconventional one, and the show is very much about that, for instance.

So yes, you might as well check it out. I think it hits its stride pretty much immediately, so if you watch the first couple of eps and don't like it, then that's all you're out. And it's on Amazon Prime. Season 1, anyway. Season 2 starts (on FX) in a couple of weeks.