Sunday Independent (Ireland)

CATTCCH H -UPUTPVN—OIWN CASE YOU MISSED IT...

- EMILY HOURICAN

The Good Fight RTE Player, until February 20, season 2, episodes 1-2 Season 1 of this fast-paced, well-scripted legal drama, spin-off from The Good Wife, ended with Maia Rindell’s (Rose Leslie) father Henry, taking the high road rather than stick around and face the consequenc­es of his collapsed Ponzi scheme. Season 2 begins with the death of Carl Reddick, founding partner in Reddick, Boseman, & Kolstad, meaning all partners, Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski, left) included, are battling to save the firm and keep clients, along with the discovery that a lucrative project involving the Obamas is in jeopardy after Reddick’s death.

Meanwhile, in this world that reflects, at times closely, actual American politics, Reddick’s daughter Liz, (also Boseman’s ex-wife), has to leave her job at the Department of Justice after she tweets a criticism of Donald Trump, and is criticised for it. To stop her taking the Reddick name and becoming a competitor, Diane recruits Liz to the firm. Then, troubled by her own mortality, Diane begins microdosin­g with psilocybin (the psychedeli­c compound found in ‘magic’ mushrooms). Pure Channel4.com, series 1, episodes 1-6 This much talked-about new drama series is running weekly on Channel 4, but all six episodes can be watched in one swoop here. The story premise sounded potentiall­y sensationa­list — the adventures of a young woman suffering from a specific form of OCD that manifests in uncontroll­able, constant and explicit sexual thoughts and images. Imagining everyone naked while giving a speech is one thing, imagining them all involved in a mass orgy is quite another...

Pure, a comedy-drama, is based on the memoir of the same name by Rose Cartwright, whose uncontroll­able thoughts began when she was 15. Here, Rose becomes ‘Marine’ (played by Charly Clive), a 24-year-old from Scotland who runs away following a terrible meltdown at a family party to London, to try and find out what is wrong with her.

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