Episode 19: Drops of God, Sherwood, Liaisons
DROPS OF GOD-( France, Japan -Netflix)pits a young man and woman against each other as they battle to win three contests created to test their wine expertise. The prize? A wine collection worth a fortune. The French woman is the estranged daughter of the contest creater, a now deceased wine expert. Her opponent is a wealthy young man who was the wine expert’s protegee. Set in Tokyo and the French and Italian wine country, the scenery is gorgeous and it’s a crash course in understanding what makes the business of wine, for many, so compelling.
SHERWOOD-( England-Netflix) is a murder mystery based on real events that took place in Nottinghamshire England but the roots to the drama lie in the miners’ strike of 1983 which pitted neighbors against each other and still has created an enormous and bitter rift in the community. When the leader of one of the previously warring miner factions is killed, decades-old rivalries and resentment leads to a final reckoning for the entire town.
Liaisons-( France-Netflix) Two Syrian hackers uncover a plot to control the Western world through hacking into everyone’s security systems. It’s up to Gabriel, a French mercenary and his former lover Allison, now a political heavy-weight, to reunite and rescue the hackers who can help prevent the dreaded hack. But the ex-lovers also must uncover the powerful cabal who seek to control the politics throughout Europe.
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