Rubicon [Espionage Porn]

Hacksaw

What is Rubicon, you ask? Simply put, it's what would happen if Tom Clancy made a TV show, but without being boring as shit.

It's airing on AMC right now behind Mad Men every Sunday and it's fucking fantastic. Everything from the direction to the writing to the acting to the pacing is spot on and elegantly executed. It is, in fact, the only quality dramatic spy show in the US that isn't goofy/over the top. I'm looking at you, 24.

The ensemble cast is headed by this smoking-hot hunk of man:



And he's but one of the multiple excruciatingly attractive people who appears on screen with good regularity.

Bonus points: the guys behind the show are also responsible for this one:



If you haven't seen that one, either, well they you should just roll into a ditch and die. Seriously, you're missing out. So what the fuck are you waiting for? Go catch up online or watch it live every Sunday. I guarantee you won't regret it. And if you do, it's because you suck.

Macro9

I liked Brotherhood. I've seen the first three episodes of this. I like it and think it has potential. I plan on watching what I missed so far soon.

Hacksaw

Catch up as fast as you can. It follows in the vein of every AMC original series in that it gets progressively better with each successive episode.

Macro9

If I had me a DVR I would have watch them already.

Need to go to my cousins and consume them.

I had no idea that these guys were partly responsible for Brotherhood until you said so. I just read Brommel's wiki and see that he wrote on Carnivàle.

I need to hurry up and get back on this.

satansfingers

this show actually had some serious behind the scenes drama in that the original showrunner was replaced after the first or second episode. i think the new guy getting his feet under him played a big part in how slow this show has been to develop its voice.

Hacksaw

I hope they bring Blake Masters as a creative force onto this show. That would make me wet my pants with delight.

Hacksaw

Oh shit, I did not know that Horwitch got the ax. Damn.

Well at least they replaced him with a guy who knows his shit front to back.

ukiyo e

Rubicon is a slow burn. The first few episodes were kind of boring, but you could tell that they were building up to something. Episodes 5 and 6 have really picked up the pace. I just hope that enough of the audience has stuck around to get the show renewed for another season.

Edit: also, the title sequence is fucking amazing.

Blake T

I will try watching this.

If it is bad I will blame hacksaw.

Blake T

To show you what quality of show you are up against I am currently watching the new knight rider.

Fandyien

That guy looks like the most boring person on earth

Hacksaw

ukiyo e wrote: »

Edit: also, the title sequence is fucking amazing.

Seriously. It's definitely got the best title sequence since Dexter.

tofu

I watched the pilot for this a couple months ago when they did some kind of special preview.

It wasn't very good then,does the show get better after the first episode?

Hacksaw

Yes. Like ukiyo said, it's a slow burn. The pace is slow at first, but it gradually picks up steam with each episode.

HellaJeff

I watched a few episodes of this, it seem mostly "there is a connection"
"to what?"
"I don't know, quite possibly political humor that sourced in frosted flakes cereal by a failed poli sci major"

Mysst

Blake T wrote: »

To show you what quality of show you are up against I am currently watching the new knight rider.

I thought they canceled that

Dorktron9000

I tried to watch the pilot, but I literally could not force myself to care.

Shit was happening, but I couldn't decipher what the shit was about

Snowbeat

people with ADD diss a show that doesn't slap them in the face with plot itt

Dorktron9000

Nah, not really.

Hoz

Is it espionage porn or is it conspiracy porn? There's a big difference between the two for me.

satansfingers

Snowbeat wrote: »

people with ADD diss a show that doesn't slap them in the face with plot itt

it's not really a show for everyone. i like it, but i would also say that nothing about it is really good enough to warrant someone who didn't like it at first giving it another go. in many ways it is still about where it began. i just happen to enjoy that place.

Snowbeat

also brackets are so march

CrossBuster

I am totally in love with this show.

But I really don't blame anyone who gave up on it after the first couple episodes.

Langly

in the first episode a man kills himself, another guy gets killed, and there is a troubling code stumbled upon by the main character that involves three different papers' crossword puzzles that all give the same answers.

That wasn't interesting to you?

In another episode the supporting characters have to decide whether or not to say yes to sending a drone attack to kill a leading al qaida guy, who is in a building that may or not be inhabited by children.

I just don't understand people who say nothing is happening I guess.

Snowbeat

is there a way to watch this on the internets

satansfingers

Langly wrote: »

in the first episode a man kills himself, another guy gets killed, and there is a troubling code stumbled upon by the main character that involves three different papers' crossword puzzles that all give the same answers.

That wasn't interesting to you?

In another episode the supporting characters have to decide whether or not to say yes to sending a drone attack to kill a leading al qaida guy, who is in a building that may or not be inhabited by children.

I just don't understand people who say nothing is happening I guess.

in every episode a rich woman mopes

(i haven't seen the most recent episode yet but i figure probably that trend has yet to reverse itself)

Langly

i love her character, just kind of walking around. I am just waiting for her side to bleed over to will, which I am sure it, uh, will.

satansfingers

her character is really the only thing i actively dislike so far. i know she's obviously going to end up uncovering interesting stuff, but they have paced her story really horribly.

the intelligence stuff and the conspiracy stuff is real neat though and i will watch this forever because i am a sucker for it

Langly

in one episode, she finds a book and a robe

in another, mentions that her husband might have had an affair.

in next week's episode, she tends to her rose garden only to find suspicious weeds

Monoxide

hey i like this show too guys

it is slow developing but the tone and the characters involved make it extremely interesting to watch

it reminds me of Michael Clayton, which I loved, except with government spies instead of lawyers and evil firms

Hacksaw

Hoz wrote: »

Is it espionage porn or is it conspiracy porn? There's a big difference between the two for me.

It seems to blend both effectively. The main character's job fills the espionage porn part, while his extra-curricular activities covers the conspiracy porn aspect.

Blake T

Mysst wrote: »

Blake T wrote: »

To show you what quality of show you are up against I am currently watching the new knight rider.

I thought they canceled that

They did, so what I am saying is that this show needs to be better than a show that only lasted seventeen episodes.

Olivaw

Monoxide wrote: »

hey i like this show too guys

it is slow developing but the tone and the characters involved make it extremely interesting to watch

it reminds me of Michael Clayton, which I loved, except with government spies instead of lawyers and evil firms

Okay

Now I'm gonna watch this show

el_vicio

Oh, I wondered why the series slowed down after the pilot, that explains a lot...


Still love this show, though!

Hacksaw

So it's official: Blake Masters is now a consulting producer on Rubicon. This excites me more than you guys can possibly imagine.

el_vicio

After googling Blake Masters, I think I have to check out Brotherhood...

el_vicio

Hey guys, did you catch the 9th episode? If so, I didn't quite catch

Spoiler:

Andy's (or what's her name) response to Will's 'like a rock'

at the very end :\