The Honourable Woman has been a fast-paced, labyrinthine thriller set against an international political backdrop. It centred on Nessa Stein whose father was a Zionist arms procurer. As children she and her brother witness his assassination. As an adult, inheriting her father's company, she dramatically inverted its purpose from supplying arms to laying high-spec data cabling networks between Israel and the West Bank. Her sudden appointment to the House of Lords, apparently due to her tireless promotion of projects for reconciliation between the Israelis and Palestinians, created an international political maelstrom.
Each episode carried Nessa's voice-over at the start: "Who can you trust?"
Well, the answer was pretty much "no-one"! The Americans? MI6? The Israelis? The Palestinians? So much subterfuge, such intricate plotting. Who would be left standing when the dust settled? The suspension of disbelief it sometimes demanded was exhausting.
This was a drama series of the highest order. Absolutely compulsive viewing. Right up there with Broadchurch.
I loved it....
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