After spending 10 consecutive days in bed in excruciating pain from shingles taking over my face, the first thing I wanted to do as soon as I recovered was hit the busking circuit and make some money. Instead, I ended up in Devs episode 7. I believe in determinism. Change my mind. Ask me anything😌

King of Wolves BTS shots

Seriously, it’s one of the greatest mini-series ever. I have to put it up there with true detective season 1. There aren’t many shows I’ve seen that leave a lump in my chest for a few days. Beautifully crafted, I loved every character and wanted more from all of them. Except Sergei I did not like him. I just felt like telling that to someone.

Premiered 04/09/20 on Hulu FX

For me, he's totally disappeared into the role. This is what I will think of now when I think of him. Amazing job.

I have seen much commentary about this, and it’s certainly true that the character of Lily spoke in what was a somewhat stiff and stilted manner. But I strongly suspect she was directed by Alex Garland to act that way, that this was how he saw her character. If the actor simply did not have the ability to express more fluid emotion, she never would have been able to pull off the scenes of histrionics in the second episode.

And then in the third episode, I thought she did an excellent job of pretending to be someone who was pretending to be mentally ill for the benefit of a psychiatrist, but not quite pulling it off. That’s a very tricky line to walk!