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John Brown's Women

Susan Higginbotham

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As the United States wrestles with its besetting sin—slavery—abolitionist John Brown is growing...

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The Widow Wore Plaid (The Widows' Club #6)

Jenna Jaxon

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The Battle of Waterloo made them widows, but each has found new happiness. And Jane, Lady John...

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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Shot in the Dark in TV

Nov 25, 2017 (Updated Nov 26, 2017)

Shot in the Dark

2017 | Crime, Documentary

7.8

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Great for the first few episodes

For fans of @Nightcrawler (2014), this is the real-life version following the journeys of three stringers, competing to out-shoot each other. From fires, crashes to shootings and industrial accidents, it's life and death on a daily basis, but at what cost?

Howard Raishbrook of RMG News attempts to ward off competition from his more successful counterparts Scott Lane of LoudLabs and Zak Holman of OnScene, in this cutthroat industry where morals seem sparse. While not as completely corrupt as Jake Gyllenhaal's character in Nightcrawler, Scott and Zak seem closer to his personality, with nothing off the table. In between are internal battles with Raishbrook's twin brother becoming a news story himself, the monopoly of the industry squeezing out smaller companies such as RMG, and how close each of them get to sudden death every night.

It's a great series, but after four episodes it begins to wear you down quite quickly and the images end up appearing no different to one another (I should know, we used to use stringers in the newsroom every day). As a result, it has a desensitising effect, and the series' initial lure begins to wear thin. The show could have been cut down by four episodes to remain interesting.