Random Recommendation: Covert Affairs (2010)

[not kdrama related...
...but totally worth dishing]

Funny and fast U.S. show that...feels like a kdrama
Despite the fact that kdrama watching can take up a lot of my time (as I often fall quite behind), I do try to make space for other things—you know, reading books, penciling in face time with friends, inhaling the fresh air of seasons passing, etc, that sort of thing. Part of my diversifying naturally includes watching other types of shows. Personally, I think American television is suffering like our economy and going through a famine. When it comes to any kind of originality or creativity, there just aren’t very many offerings, and woefully few that excite me. For one, a lot of mainstream interest seems to focus on reality shows or mock-doc types of scripted stuff, which I’m not really patient enough to watch. But the new fall tv season is about to start so I’ve been paying more attention, keeping an eye on those adverts for the new network lineups. 

Well, I stumbled onto a real gem of a show recently. I caught a pre-season marathon of old episodes and I am really truly excited about this series...airing here in my own backyard! And it feels like it’s been forever and an eternity since I’d been so smitten by an American series! I heartily welcomed this one into my weekly routine.

I want you to meet a little show called Covert Affairs, which has already aired a 6-episode first season and their second season kicked off yesterday (Aug 24, 2010)* which is a relatively young show, currently in the middle of its first season. It’s brought to us by USA, which like me, has been diversifying their portfolio of late with other successful shows under its belt like Burn Notice and Psyche (though admittedly, I watch neither). Covert Affairs is an action spy show with a thumb on the funny, but it strives not to be stupid, which I always appreciate. 

*correction
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