The Diplomat

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1. I just want to pull her hair back in to a pony tail b/c it is so messy looking.

2. I think she doesn't care about the clothes/ make up, etc and not doing anything about it b/s she is a annoyed/resentful that she was forced to take this "frivolous" position at the last minute instead of going and doing what she was planning on and passionate about, that she considers real work.

I love that her hair is messy looking. Makes it very realistic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like the whole, “ok! Get on a plane! You’re the ambassador.”

Biden nominated people last summer who still aren’t senate confirmed/at post.

Yes, I work for State and this was by far my biggest annoyance, because parts of it are super realistic... but that is not. At all. It's actually absurd.

That said, when people think of ambassadors, they're not really thinking about the career ones at geopolitically important but crappy to live places (or geopolitically unimportant and crappy to live places, for that matter)... like Kabul. There are plenty of ambassadors far less stylish and put together than her character. That's completely realistic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just read it took 15 months to produce Season 1, so even if they greenlight a second season…we are probably looking at more than a year’s delay.

Wah!!! I watched the first 8 episodes in a week, and have to wait more than a year for Part 2?!

That seems wrong 😭

Season 2 is greenlit. I know that for a fact.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just read it took 15 months to produce Season 1, so even if they greenlight a second season…we are probably looking at more than a year’s delay.

Wah!!! I watched the first 8 episodes in a week, and have to wait more than a year for Part 2?!

That seems wrong 😭

Season 2 is greenlit. I know that for a fact.

Yah! Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just read it took 15 months to produce Season 1, so even if they greenlight a second season…we are probably looking at more than a year’s delay.

Wah!!! I watched the first 8 episodes in a week, and have to wait more than a year for Part 2?!

That seems wrong 😭

Season 2 is greenlit. I know that for a fact.

Yes Netflix is already advertising Season 2.

[Anonymous]

I know Keri is heading to London within a few weeks to begin filming. Most of the first season was filmed last spring and summer so I would expect the second season to have a similar timeline. Idk where the 15-month timeline came from, I know it didn’t start filming until last May/June. Maybe the conception/Greenlight was earlier.

[Anonymous]

I’m watching the British Ambassador to the US on tv right now and holy hell, she is not put together looking, especially her hair! She makes the Kate character look absolutely perfect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone watching?

Rufus is a gem!

I love Keri Russell, but I’m not loving this character. She speaks too fast, is too harsh, and the only emotions this character seems to have make her seem weak and weird (the whole anti-dress and anti-social thing are weird for a diplomat).

And while I loved her wardrobe and hair in both the Americans and Felicity, I don’t get her look in this series at all—especially since her husband is all dolled up.

I love the London setting and the plot. I hope it gets better.

I couldn't get into it. Wasn't interesting. And I did not like Keri's character all that much. I couldn't quite put my finger on it b/c she wasn't a peach in the Americans and I loved her in that.

Anyway, I gave up about 1/2 way through.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone watching?

Rufus is a gem!

I love Keri Russell, but I’m not loving this character. She speaks too fast, is too harsh, and the only emotions this character seems to have make her seem weak and weird (the whole anti-dress and anti-social thing are weird for a diplomat).

And while I loved her wardrobe and hair in both the Americans and Felicity, I don’t get her look in this series at all—especially since her husband is all dolled up.

I love the London setting and the plot. I hope it gets better.

I just finished season one. WOW OP. Way to miss the point. I mean, really.

[Anonymous]

Kate is obviously modeled in part on Samantha Powell. Except Powell is married to uber nerd Cass Sunstein. An icon in his own way but nowhere near as hot as Hal.

The relationship between Hal and Kate is so interesting. Clearly he is a narcissist in many ways but he is also utterly devoted to her. It’s the inversion of the “nerdy man, supportive wifey.” And I don’t just mean the jokes about him being “the wife” because she’s ambassador. You can see how Kate is depicted as almost even spectrumy, with her difficulty with social graces and need for sameness in her clothes, forgetting to attend to eating. There are moments in the beginning where you can see how she turns to Hal to get emotional and practical support for those things, like how he helps her through the photo shoot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone watching?

Rufus is a gem!

I love Keri Russell, but I’m not loving this character. She speaks too fast, is too harsh, and the only emotions this character seems to have make her seem weak and weird (the whole anti-dress and anti-social thing are weird for a diplomat).

And while I loved her wardrobe and hair in both the Americans and Felicity, I don’t get her look in this series at all—especially since her husband is all dolled up.

I love the London setting and the plot. I hope it gets better.

I just finished season one. WOW OP. Way to miss the point. I mean, really.

Nobody “missed the point.”

Some of us think the point/premise is stupid and unrealistic.

Some of us think Keri’s character in The Americans was stronger and more interesting. She seems like a weirdo in this series.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone watching?

Rufus is a gem!

I love Keri Russell, but I’m not loving this character. She speaks too fast, is too harsh, and the only emotions this character seems to have make her seem weak and weird (the whole anti-dress and anti-social thing are weird for a diplomat).

And while I loved her wardrobe and hair in both the Americans and Felicity, I don’t get her look in this series at all—especially since her husband is all dolled up.

I love the London setting and the plot. I hope it gets better.

I just finished season one. WOW OP. Way to miss the point. I mean, really.

Nobody “missed the point.”

Some of us think the point/premise is stupid and unrealistic.

Some of us think Keri’s character in The Americans was stronger and more interesting. She seems like a weirdo in this series.

You're missing the point because the whole point is that she IS a weirdo. That's literally, the whole point. Fish out of water. The whole premise of the show.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone watching?

Rufus is a gem!

I love Keri Russell, but I’m not loving this character. She speaks too fast, is too harsh, and the only emotions this character seems to have make her seem weak and weird (the whole anti-dress and anti-social thing are weird for a diplomat).

And while I loved her wardrobe and hair in both the Americans and Felicity, I don’t get her look in this series at all—especially since her husband is all dolled up.

I love the London setting and the plot. I hope it gets better.

I just finished season one. WOW OP. Way to miss the point. I mean, really.

Nobody “missed the point.”

Some of us think the point/premise is stupid and unrealistic.

Some of us think Keri’s character in The Americans was stronger and more interesting. She seems like a weirdo in this series.

You're missing the point because the whole point is that she IS a weirdo. That's literally, the whole point. Fish out of water. The whole premise of the show.

Nobody missed the point.

Some of us think the point/premise is just stupid. Her character is too over the top to be interesting of likable. I wanted to love this show and her character specifically because I’m a big fan of the actress, but I find her character to be weak, silly, and irritating. Others do as well.

I hope they focus more on her brain than her silly lack of hygiene and grooming next season. And I hope they tweak the plot related to her husband who is clearly the more interesting character who adds humor as well as depth to her own character.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone watching?

Rufus is a gem!

I love Keri Russell, but I’m not loving this character. She speaks too fast, is too harsh, and the only emotions this character seems to have make her seem weak and weird (the whole anti-dress and anti-social thing are weird for a diplomat).

And while I loved her wardrobe and hair in both the Americans and Felicity, I don’t get her look in this series at all—especially since her husband is all dolled up.

I love the London setting and the plot. I hope it gets better.

I just finished season one. WOW OP. Way to miss the point. I mean, really.

Nobody “missed the point.”

Some of us think the point/premise is stupid and unrealistic.

Some of us think Keri’s character in The Americans was stronger and more interesting. She seems like a weirdo in this series.

You're missing the point because the whole point is that she IS a weirdo. That's literally, the whole point. Fish out of water. The whole premise of the show.

Nobody missed the point.

Some of us think the point/premise is just stupid. Her character is too over the top to be interesting of likable. I wanted to love this show and her character specifically because I’m a big fan of the actress, but I find her character to be weak, silly, and irritating. Others do as well.

I hope they focus more on her brain than her silly lack of hygiene and grooming next season. And I hope they tweak the plot related to her husband who is clearly the more interesting character who adds humor as well as depth to her own character.

So not playing well with the misogynists. Got it! It’s fine for you not to like a show but pretty silly to demand it be a … completely different show than was obviously intended. Like saying “Well, Bridgerton was OK but it would have been better set during the reign of James II and focused less on romance.” The show is about a policy wonk thrust into the spotlight previously occupied by her narcissistic husband.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone watching?

Rufus is a gem!

I love Keri Russell, but I’m not loving this character. She speaks too fast, is too harsh, and the only emotions this character seems to have make her seem weak and weird (the whole anti-dress and anti-social thing are weird for a diplomat).

And while I loved her wardrobe and hair in both the Americans and Felicity, I don’t get her look in this series at all—especially since her husband is all dolled up.

I love the London setting and the plot. I hope it gets better.

I just finished season one. WOW OP. Way to miss the point. I mean, really.

Nobody “missed the point.”

Some of us think the point/premise is stupid and unrealistic.

Some of us think Keri’s character in The Americans was stronger and more interesting. She seems like a weirdo in this series.

You're missing the point because the whole point is that she IS a weirdo. That's literally, the whole point. Fish out of water. The whole premise of the show.

Nobody missed the point.

Some of us think the point/premise is just stupid. Her character is too over the top to be interesting of likable. I wanted to love this show and her character specifically because I’m a big fan of the actress, but I find her character to be weak, silly, and irritating. Others do as well.

I hope they focus more on her brain than her silly lack of hygiene and grooming next season. And I hope they tweak the plot related to her husband who is clearly the more interesting character who adds humor as well as depth to her own character.

So not playing well with the misogynists. Got it! It’s fine for you not to like a show but pretty silly to demand it be a … completely different show than was obviously intended. Like saying “Well, Bridgerton was OK but it would have been better set during the reign of James II and focused less on romance.” The show is about a policy wonk thrust into the spotlight previously occupied by her narcissistic husband.

Uh, we know.

I guess as a policy wonk (albeit with a JD) I’m baffled by why the fish out of water premise needed to be underscored by a woman with unkempt hair, sweaty stinky pits, and the attitude of a petulant teen who refuses to acknowledge professional mores. It’s particularly odd given that she really isn’t a greenhorn since she’s been attached at the hip to a politically savvy ambassador by marriage for a decade plus.

Silly way to drill down on unnecessary details that distract from the plot. You can still use the premise without making her character off-putting. Just like you can make a character smart without making her wear glasses and downplay her appearance. I mean, Keri played the brilliant badass in The Americans.