Those of you coming to this show because of Patriot can look elsewhere. It may be a victim of Patriot's success, as I went digging to find UCS after, but this doesn't hold a candle to it.

Solid, entertaining version of one of the best military satire novels ever written, but the book is so much better than any filmed version to date that it's hard to get excited. I really thought this had a better chance, it being a passion project of George Clooney's for a long time, but it just feels like any other TV adaptation of a book. There's nothing that gives it the push to clear the hurdle to be anything else.

Not a waste of time, but if you've read this already, just avoid it.

This is one of, if not the best directed television series ever. The cancellation was brutal, and unexpected due to its popularity, but not its subject matter. The reboot that ended up on American TV was the bastard offspring of a remake with Kelly, the original creator, and produced (show-run) by David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club, House of Cards (US), and a ton of music videos), on HBO.

That ended up in development hell, and tuned into straight trash on network tv (instead of a huge budget on premium cable), that deserved to be immediately cancelled the way it was.

Watch this. You won't regret it. It's been in my permanent personal collection, along with its soundtrack, since I was first able to lay hands on them.

@cecja wrote:
I tried, but watching this during an actual pandemic is too eerie. 

I imagine a lot of the reviewers are at least partially coming from this perspective, whether they admit it or not.