Sounds interesting, Typo Boy. Do you remember what network carries it? I might wanna check it out.

Sundance. I intended to mention that in the post, but omitted a key word. (I also sometimes type or say "yes" when intend to type or say "no" which has led to personal difficulties on occasion.)

Apparently QOTS is based on a Spanish-Language Telenovella. "Reoma de la Sur" or something like that. My Spanish is rusty but I do know the English language title is a direct and literal translation of the Spanish title.

"Reina Del Sur" I suppose. Heh, I thought it was a show about beauty pageants.

Fundamentally Soap Operish plot (well Telnovella, not a big surprise) but aiming for a grittier more realistic feel. Think of "Breaking Bad" levels of implausibility with a presentation style reminiscent of "The Wire".

Only the (not yet) Queenpin has so far been an extremely sympathetic character. Stuck in a desperate situation, she is smart, brave, caring - using violence only in self-defense, and even then using it as minimally as possible. Becoming a drug mule is shown as her only real chance for survival. It soon becomes obvious that staying a low level drug mule is only delaying her death -so taking risks and working her way up the drug trade is something she has to do if she does not want to die of a punctured heroin or cocaine filled balloon bursting in her stomach.

Thanks, TB. I think I get that.

Did anyone else watch Preacher?

I did, Dana. I really liked it--the visual style was incredibly appealing to me and the three leads were all great, I thought.

Some movies/shows have created a vital world that, for some reason, just makes me want to live in the screen--not necessarily in the STORY, but in the mood and the image. Desperately Seeking Susan did that to me when it came out. The French film Diva. Mad Men sometimes did it. It's entirely beyond analysis--I just want to consume the feel of the onscreen world. Preacher does that to me as well. Does this happen for anyone else?

Does this happen for anyone else?

Absolutely. I never understood why people called Blade Runner a dystopia - I totally wanted to live there.

Also wanted to live in the worlds of Northern Exposure, Pushing Daisies, Mad Men...

Yeah, me, too. This happens with books even more often. When I was a teenager I wanted to live in Charles de Lint's worlds.

I did, Dana. I really liked it--the visual style was incredibly appealing to me and the three leads were all great, I thought.

It was bugfuck crazy, usually in a very entertaining way. Not having read the comics, the finale episode was a huge Holy Shit.