21st February, 2019 Teaser.
Is there some sort of term for that … ?
Worrying that you’re starting to looking Harry Potter?
You know … I don’t know that there is …
But … ?
Well, it’s just a sudden thought that … well …
I’ll shut up, shall I … ?
~≈§≈~
Shut up … and keep burbling …
About something else, frankly.
As you’re possibly aware … ?
I like TV shows.
Dr Who, Star Trek, what have you …
And, over the past months?
Now in its second series?
I have to confess, another episode was kind of attractive.
Yes … it was episode five … and yes … it’s a big opening …
~≈§≈~
Episode 5 — Un virus de otro tiempo/A virus from another time — has a dramatic opening: showing us Irene (Cayetana Guillén Cuervo), in action in 1918: just at the end of the First World War.
Helping one heavily pregnant young woman give birth …
And, once the child — a baby girl called Carmen — is born … ?
Irene collapses.
And — despite the warnings of Dr Vargas (José Luis Torrijo) — is taken back to base: to be quarantined …
And — despite the warnings of Dr Vargas (José Luis Torrijo) — is taken back to base: to be quarantined …
With a dose of Spanish ’Flu: the most lethal epidemic in human history.
And one the rest of history needs protecting from.
With Ministry agents falling ill, left, right and centre … ?
With Ministry agents falling ill, left, right and centre … ?
Amelia (Aura Garrido) and Pacino (Hugo Silva) can only do so much to help … …
~≈§≈~
Now …
Big opening … ?
Oh, yes! Kudos, there, for Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, and the writers for throwing us — and the expecting mother — headfirst into the story.
Actually?
Kudos — and thanks — to all concerned for throwing us into a story with a ton of drama.
After all, a great deal of this episode was spent with Alonso (Nacho Fresneda), Irene, and Germán* (José Ramón Iglesias) — the Security Guard who mans the entrance to the doors† — on the point of death …
And with each having flashbacks to important points of their lives: Germán to his father’s death, Alonso to his meeting Blanca, his wife, and and Irene … to meeting her newest partner.
The Ministry’s current boss, Susana Torres (Mar Saura).
Twisty?
Oh, yes.
Engrossing?
Even more so …
Frankly?
Speed the day I can catch another episode of El Ministerio del Tiempo.
This is one of the strongest shows I’ve seen in a long time!
* My Spanish is god-awful: but I think it’s pronounced Herman.
† We usually don’t see Germán do much more than say Hello, as the team files past … but it’s nice to see him make a contribution in this episode.
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