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Diplomat - season 3

 Having already posted about this series last year, was wondering if it really require a season by season post. But considering the presentation thought it was worth a quick mention. The leading lady, Keri Russell, who is also the executive producer, is the central character and the titular one. But in this series, it seems they ran out of plotline as densely packed as previous seasons and after the initial shock of her husband getting the post of Vice president, most of the series is dedicated to her affairs and love life. The series picks up towards the end and the last couple of episodes more than make up for the time lost. Instead of a 8 part series, story wise it would've hardly been a 4 part one. There were several jumps on other characters as to the sudden loss of interest and secret marriage of the defense secretary, introduction of a spy character, who even though hogs the second most timeshare, leaves as fast as he got introduced. The reason why Keri decides to leave her husband in itself was bit shady but the reason why she wants to join him back is even more rushed and felt half baked. They couldn't have shown the UK president more clownishly and the way he gets swayed easily like a school kid after candy is more weird than anything else. The lady who was all regal and royalty personified in previous episodes, hardly gets any screentime after becoming president by default.

The similarities to previous seasons being the pace. Despite such stumbling blocks the story is still faster and you would never realize by the time the final episode and the last twist hits. Incidentally, the same Poseidon, nuke torpedo mentioned in that episode, is in the news this week!!!Keri Russell seems to have this ability to have great chemistry with every character she is paired with or share screen space with. Except for the title, there is anything hardly "diplomatic" about the series and is more of pulp fiction. The ease with which former presidents are made accountable for unpardonable crimes, how sitting US VP plots an attack on a warship of their own ally and how it all gets tied up under secrecy is way too crazy to pick plot holes in. But definitely a time pass thriller series that make you wonder what else they are up to in the next season. My guess - it may go the House of Cards way with the current VP becoming the President to be eventually replaced by Keri.

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Ramesh said…
Seriously Gilsu, do we need a fictional series when the reality is more dramatic ??
Wednesday, November 05, 2025
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