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Good Times
Netflix takes a classic sitcom, Good Times, and turns it into a vulgar, violent, sexually-charged TV-MA show.
Eileen Fitzgerald knows what success in journalism means. She practically invented the term after fighting her way through layers of misogyny and establishing herself as one of the most famous journalists in New York City. As you can imagine, you don’t get that title from being soft. However, that reputation comes with a cost.
After publishing a monumental piece sure to tank a five-star general and the future Secretary of Defense, Eileen is accused of a weak source and a false narrative. Her near-perfect reputation is tarnished, her career is canned. She decides to write a book to rehabilitate both–but a former boss of hers (Stanley) has a different idea. Come to Alaska with him. Get to the bottom of the appalling numbers of murdered Native American women. There’s a connection somewhere that someone is missing and he has a hunch that Eileen is the only one who can crack the case.
Reluctantly, she agrees. Besides, all that’s left in New York are bad feelings, seclusion and an unhealthy, compulsive desire to go back to what once was.
Alaska may be Eileen’s chance to reestablish her name, but it’s guaranteed to be the most difficult assignment of her entire career.
Welcome to Alaska, the new home of Oscar-winning actress, Hilary Swank.
ABC’s TV-PG Alaska Daily features a compelling cast with solid acting and a storyline that has the potential to really lure in viewers as the series progresses. It’s a combination of murder-mystery and investigative journalism, peppered with good ‘ole drama.
Eileen (played by Swank) is a tough-around-the-edges reporter who isn’t usually liked by all, thanks to her occasionally sour attitude and preference for truth over feelings–not something a younger, softer generation typically appreciates. But things seem to be different in Alaska, including operating procedures, personal relationships and even Eileen herself.
So far, since the pilot episode, there hasn’t been any on-screen violence, although it’s obviously insinuated. But light profanity and sexual content are present, including a scene where a woman’s bare back is revealed after a drunken, passionate night and an insinuated gay affair (again, we only hear about these things or see them after the fact). It’s assumed that the PG-rating will keep things fairly “mild,” but with the show’s heavy subject matter, time will tell if it holds true to that rating.
Investigative journalist Eileen Fitzgerald moves to Alaska to work at the Alaska Daily after her name is tarnished in New York City.
Eileen attempts to question a few people connected to the missing women’s cases. Journalists uncover corruption in government, extortion, lies and deception. Eileen is accused of being verbally abusive to women in her office, (though she views her behavior as appropriately tough). A man is arrested after waving a gun around while nude, we hear.
Eileen has a one-night stand with a handsome stranger (we see her post-sex, although nothing is shown except her bare back the morning after). A journalist uncovers a story about a big-time government official who framed his secret male lover. Eileen tells Stanley that she was married for a year, but both she and her ex-husband, who is now dead, loved their jobs more than one another.
Eileen can be rude and abrasive. Eileen has two panic attacks as the stress of her life choices hits her.
Jesus’s name is misused once. “H—,” “p-ssed off” and “wussies” are each used once or twice. Men and women alike drink hard liquor and wine.
Kristin Smith joined the Plugged In team in 2017. Formerly a Spanish and English teacher, Kristin loves reading literature and eating authentic Mexican tacos. She and her husband, Eddy, love raising their children Judah and Selah. Kristin also has a deep affection for coffee, music, her dog (Cali) and cat (Aslan).
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