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Lioness Recap: You’re in the Gray Now

While the show’s political worldview continues to be confusing and borderline gross, the cast continues to win me over.

Here’s where Gutierrez pops off with an insane cocktail of Bush-era Islamophobia and Sicario-style drug-war racism: “You’re not dealing with some pedophile zealots who live in the desert who think they’re gonna get a room full of virgins when they blow themselves up. Lioness continues to, more or less, exhibit the type of rhythms and idiosyncrasies that leave me endeared to the concept of a TV show written by one person, problematic though it is in light of current Hollywood labor issues. LaMonica Garrett’s characterization is one of the quieter ones among the Lioness-crew players, but he continues to fill his dialogue scenes, such as they arise, with a welcoming aura of strength, warmth, and Aragorn-like wisdom.

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