I’ve been watching Prison Break, which I don’t really recommend as “great”, but is extremely gripping (at any given moment, everything is about to go wrong—they maintain ridiculous tension for almost all of Season 1). The main character is not particularly interesting, but demonstrates a lot of competence, intelligence and agency. So many shows have “reactive” heroes, and I’ve developed a particular appreciation for heroes that set themselves big goals and then go out and achieve them in a comprehensible manner.
Heh. You are correct. You’d think there’d be more than one show matching the description “intelligent, competent character” and “tension”, but apparently not.
I’ve been watching Prison Break, which I don’t really recommend as “great”, but is extremely gripping (at any given moment, everything is about to go wrong—they maintain ridiculous tension for almost all of Season 1). The main character is not particularly interesting, but demonstrates a lot of competence, intelligence and agency. So many shows have “reactive” heroes, and I’ve developed a particular appreciation for heroes that set themselves big goals and then go out and achieve them in a comprehensible manner.
I think you accidentally deleted the name of the show...
I’m guessing Prison Break based on the description.
Heh. You are correct. You’d think there’d be more than one show matching the description “intelligent, competent character” and “tension”, but apparently not.