Just finished season one of The Diplomat. Absolutely brilliant, I was up until 1:30 am finishing it last night and my bedtime is usually 9 or 10. A Kerri Russell vehicle she's superb here as a career front line state department expert who gets derailed from her anticipated flight to Kabul to complete her mission there to being appointed as ambassador to Great Britain. (Not a spoiler, that's the first three minutes) The series hits the ground running, no long and boring build up explaining everything, you just have to keep up. If you liked West Wing or House of Cards this is better. The end of season cliff hanger is shattering and completely unexpected, but makes perfect sense. Russell is brilliant as a smart, experienced, brutally capable professional completely over her head. A second season is promised.
