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The Philanthropist – Season 1
James Purefoy stars as Teddy Rist, a billionaire and playboy who turns into a philanthropist after witnessing a severe flood in Nigeria. From now on, Teddy travels the world and uses his power, his money and his passion to help those who are in need. Haunted by his past, by the young son he lost, Teddy seeks the danger and risks his life to fight his inner demons.
Episode 01: Nigeria, Part 1
After all the problems NBC had with this show and after some bad critics I was quite surprised, how good it actually was. The idea is not really the best and for a TV show more than boring and really unusual. But let’s face it: James Purefoy does a great job and the pictures are just great. The setting looks more than unusual for a TV show and if the writers are good enough to write some interesting stories and can deliver character developments (especially for the people behind Rist, like his colleagues), this could be a really good series.
Sure, the vaccine story wasn’t new, told better in hundreds of films and that Rist found the boy at the end was stereotype, but all in all I liked what I saw. I just don’t think that the writers can pull it off that way for the whole season. Like I said: The premise is not interesting enough, it may be okay for two, three episodes, but then? 7,5/10
for graphic language, sexual references and depiction of fictional violence
