Boss was back for its second season last night on Starz. Aptly compared to The Sopranos and Rome in its no holds barred intensity and life-and-death plotting and plot twists, Boss stars Kelsey Grammer as the ruthless Mayor Tom Kane of Chicago, ready and willing to do anything to keep in power. That's not easy, given that he has a neuro-degenerative, ultimately fatal illness (five years), and the anything includes betraying his own daughter (who had been helping him with his illness), and killing his second-in-command (Ezra) who at least did betray Kane. All of this makes Kane one of the most appealing mixes of brutal and oddly sympathetic to come along on television well - since The Sopranos. And, actually, Kane is even more ruthless than Tony Soprano, for whom selling out his daughter Meadow would have been unthinkable.
The second season of Boss looks to be in as good form as the first. And last night's episode ended in something we didn't see in the first: an attempt on Kane's life, after a rally, results in his beautiful wife Meredith getting shot. She of course wasn't killed - thank you, coming attractions, for spoiling any uncertainty we may have had about that - though she's too important and charismatic a character to remove from the series.
But who did the shooting? Or, more important, who put the shooter up to it? I'm thinking Kane hired a sharp shooter to do the job. Indeed, he had been hallucinating about Ezra right before the shooting. Meredith had betrayed him too in the first season - not as badly as Ezra, and she had been suitably punished, but maybe not enough for Kane, who is a stickler for the right level of payback. Or, maybe Kane needed the sympathy lift, which is what he got by busting his loyal daughter.
Should be provocative, riveting viewing, like first season, and I'm looking forward to it.
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The Plot to Save Socrates
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The second season of Boss looks to be in as good form as the first. And last night's episode ended in something we didn't see in the first: an attempt on Kane's life, after a rally, results in his beautiful wife Meredith getting shot. She of course wasn't killed - thank you, coming attractions, for spoiling any uncertainty we may have had about that - though she's too important and charismatic a character to remove from the series.
But who did the shooting? Or, more important, who put the shooter up to it? I'm thinking Kane hired a sharp shooter to do the job. Indeed, he had been hallucinating about Ezra right before the shooting. Meredith had betrayed him too in the first season - not as badly as Ezra, and she had been suitably punished, but maybe not enough for Kane, who is a stickler for the right level of payback. Or, maybe Kane needed the sympathy lift, which is what he got by busting his loyal daughter.
Should be provocative, riveting viewing, like first season, and I'm looking forward to it.
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The Plot to Save Socrates
"a Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News
"Sierra Waters is sexy as hell" - curled up with a good book
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