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Thursday, September 7, 2017

A terrific and engaging series (at least so far) about Israeli special agents - Fauda

Very impress w/ and caught up in the first have of the Israeli 12-part (one season) miniseries Fauda, a terrific take on an Israeli secret service team of agents in their efforts to capture a Palestinian terrorist whom they had believed (and whom the world at large believes) they had killed in an earlier raid. The attempts to capture him go terribly wrong in an episode-one scheme involving planting agents to act as caterers at a Palestinian wedding. When they're "made" the wedding turns riotous and the groom is killed - which leads to a cycle of revenge and retaliation and ever-more-bold schemes. The whole series so far feels close to reality, it's tense every minute, and it's full of moral and tactical dilemmas that keep us engaged and keep us guessing. The Israeli team is super-tough, esp the de facto leader, Doron (?) who on top of the terrorist search has to deal w/ a # of family matters, including the off-the-rails behavior of his brother-in-law, also a member of the team, who goes on a personal crusade to avenge the death of his girlfriend, jeopardizing himself and the whole operation. Terrific series, complex but easy to follow thanks the the fine script. I recommend opting to hear it Hebrew, w/ English subtitles - the English-dubbed version we used for episode one sounds fake and strained.

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