THE FIRST – Review by Susan Granger

While the Writers’ and Actors’ strikes persist, streaming networks are reaching back into their archives to show various series that ran for one season and were – perhaps inexplicably – cancelled and/or not renewed for a second season. Making his initial television-series venture, Sean Penn stars in The First, playing Capt. Tom Hagerty, a former Astronaut Mission Commander who is now training the first crew for a manned mission to Mars, circa 2030s.

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MOSQUITO COAST – Review by Susan Granger

Inspired by Paul Theroux’ 1981 novel, this seven-episode adventure/drama/thriller series revolves around idealistic inventor Allie Fox who goes on the run with his wife Margot, rebellious teenage daughter Dina and middle-school-age son Charlie when their house in Stockton, California, comes under bank foreclosure.

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