If you still have Netflix here's a couple of shows that may help take your mind off the 2020 election shenanigans.
The Barrier:
It's post WW3 Madrid. The scarcity of resources has resulted in disease. This is the reason for the barrier. Sector 1 is essentially a medical police state. There's a minister who's a benign soul but his wife is a ruthless sociopath who's disappearing children and using them at a secret medical facility as guinea pigs for vaccination experiments. She gets chosen to head what looks to be a full blown pathocracy that's coming to power from the shadows and is much worse. There's resistance movements, informants and other interesting elements. They're dolling out one episode a week but most of the season is available now. I recommend it.
女王的策略:
I really enjoyed this one. It's interesting that I happened to be reading 'Emotional Intelligence' for my next meetup. The central character is a perfect example of someone with a genius IQ but who's almost completely cut off from her emotional life, who has a very poor EQ. She shows virtually no emotion until one scene in the last episode. There's a reason for this, as her mother died in a car "accident" resulting in her becoming an orphan. Her ultimate challenge playing chess is provided by the Russians. They actually portray Russians in a decent light. Her body guard from the U.S. State department is unsuccessful in trying to use her to make the U.S. look good at their expense. I thought it was well done and really pulled me in right from the start.
The Barrier:
Spain, 2045.
越来越稀缺的自然资源已经turned the Western democracies into dictatorial regimes that justify the lack of freedoms with the promise of ensuring the survival of citizens. In Spain, along the same lines, a dictatorial government occupies power. Throughout this time, a virus is ravaging Spain. While life in rural areas becomes impossible, the capitalMadridhas been divided into two tightly closed regions: Sector 1 (that of the government and the privileged) and Sector 2 (the rest). The only way to go from one area to another is to cross the barrier fence that separates them, for which there is a requirement to have the regulatory pass.
It's post WW3 Madrid. The scarcity of resources has resulted in disease. This is the reason for the barrier. Sector 1 is essentially a medical police state. There's a minister who's a benign soul but his wife is a ruthless sociopath who's disappearing children and using them at a secret medical facility as guinea pigs for vaccination experiments. She gets chosen to head what looks to be a full blown pathocracy that's coming to power from the shadows and is much worse. There's resistance movements, informants and other interesting elements. They're dolling out one episode a week but most of the season is available now. I recommend it.
女王的策略:
女王的策略is a fictional story that follows the life of an orphanchess prodigynamed Beth Harmon from the age of nine to twenty-two during her quest to become the world's greatest chess player while struggling with emotional issues and drug and alcohol dependency. The story begins in the mid-1950s and proceeds into the 1960s.
I really enjoyed this one. It's interesting that I happened to be reading 'Emotional Intelligence' for my next meetup. The central character is a perfect example of someone with a genius IQ but who's almost completely cut off from her emotional life, who has a very poor EQ. She shows virtually no emotion until one scene in the last episode. There's a reason for this, as her mother died in a car "accident" resulting in her becoming an orphan. Her ultimate challenge playing chess is provided by the Russians. They actually portray Russians in a decent light. Her body guard from the U.S. State department is unsuccessful in trying to use her to make the U.S. look good at their expense. I thought it was well done and really pulled me in right from the start.