And the other TV series I've been re-watching is The Professionals. I never watched these when they were originally broadcast, being too young, and so came to them as an adult. It's difficult to justify liking it in these politically correct and post feminist days, but if you can watch them as a relic of the late 1970s, and not try to apply our own standards, they are quite fun. There's a lot of shooting, and fighting (and the occasional gratuitous shot of a barmaid's boobs), but there are other issues which are still relevant today - like how to counter terrorism - as well as those which are out of date - like the dealing with the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. The most startling episode to watch was one dealing with racism - which wasn't shown at the time of the original run because of its subject matter - and the attitudes on display from certain of the main characters is quite shocking. I'm unsure whether the show undermines its main point by its ending, or whether it points the irony. You do actually feel liking and sympathy for Bodie (Lewis Collins) and Doyle (Martin Shaw), despite the violence and womanising, because they can show surprising sympathy and humanity themselves.
Anyway, on with Arrested Development, series one...
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