“The series is extraordinarily smart, it understands the value of comedy within a dramatic context and it moves at a hell of a clip,” writes Tribune critic Nina_Metz.
Keri Russell as Kate Wyler, a newly installed ambassador to the United Kingdom, in “The Diplomat."
Along for the ride is her husband , a former ambassador himself whose jaunty self-assurance and constant back-channel maneuverings tend to have a way of gumming things up for his more serious-minded spouse. He can’t help inserting himself, despite her firm instructions that heTo get a sense of the show’s tonal sensibility, it’s worth looking to creator Debora Cahn’s previous credits, namely “Homeland” and “The West Wing.
She’s straightforward and walks around with her hands stuffed in her suit pockets. She doesn’t waste time on small talk or dancing around the issues, she’s there to do the work! Hal is straightforward too, but an opportunist who likes the thrill of plotting and deciphering whatever the hell is going on at any given moment. He’s impossible. But also essential. Sewell’s is the flashier role, but it doesn’t overshadow what Russell is doing because she’s never boring or a wet blanket.
She’s the last to find out about this, but she has her hands full juggling an insecure British prime minister who is eager to bomb someone in retaliation in the hopes of injecting some machismo into his reputation. The British foreign secretary is quietly appalled by all of this, so he enlists Kate’s help to pull the PM off the ledge — or at least placate his ego — before the man kicks off the next war.Back at the embassy, Kate’s No. 2 is doing his level best to keep her on track.
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