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It is a truth that has not yet been universally acknowledged (but we're getting there) that the leaders of the U.S. and the U.K. governments are not always the brightest crayons in the box. Like most people who have the emotional wherewithal (and monetary means) to
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For a series that bills itself as a political drama and hails from former The West Wing and Homeland scribe Debora Cahn, The Diplomat sure loves to go for the most enormous cliffhanger swings imaginable. Season 1 ended with an assassination attempt that left multiple characters' fates uncertain right
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The first image for Netflix's new Pride & Prejudice is out, and those holding their breath can breathe a sigh of relief. While it won't be certain whether this new adaptation will be as embarrassingly bad as the 2022 Persuasion until it debuts*, the first image
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It's not every drama that has the nerve to end its second season cliffhanger on the announcement that the President of the United States is dead, but Netflix's The Diplomat isn't your typical series. Dreamed up by former The West Wing scribe Debora Cahn,
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The film Billion Dollar Spy was only officially announced as being in production in March 2025, but the first image is already out, and the period film already looks like it's worth as much as its title. Adapted from the bestselling 2015 book by David E. Hoffman, The
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Kate Wyler’s diplomatic mission has been extended once more. During its Upfronts presentation in New York City, Netflix announced that its popular political thriller The Diplomat has been renewed for a fourth season. This is huge news given that Season 3 of the series hasn’t aired yet, and
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They say that truth is stranger than fiction. It's not entirely clear that that's still true in the year of our Lord 2025, if only because the events depicted in shows like Netflix's The Diplomat don't feel entirely all that far-fetched these
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About halfway through the second season of Netflix’s The Diplomat, it occurred to me that perhaps US Ambassador Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) isn’t so good at her job. She treats being the US Ambassador to England a little bit like being a character in Mean Girls. She forms
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The first season of Netflix's The Diplomat ended with a bag. Literally. Just as the new U.S. ambassador Kate Wyler (Kerri Russell) discovered that the call may in fact be coming from inside the British government when it comes to a recent deadly terrorist attack, a car
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In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, second son of Queen Elizabeth II, gave a damning interview to the BBC’s Emily Maitlis about his friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In the spring of 2024, Netflix gave us Scoop, a feature-length movie
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Netflix's The Diplomat is a far better series than it has any right to be due entirely to the spectacular casting. The original premise is that the new American ambassador to the U.K. struggles to keep "the special relationship" between the two countries stable as
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Political thriller The Diplomat was one of Netflix's most unexpected hits in 2023. It was a welcome throwback-style drama that mixed the fast-paced dialogue of The West Wing with the political twists and turns of something like Homeland. The series stars Emmy winner Keri Russell (The Americans) as