18th June, 2019
Yep: it’s been one of those days.
One where a piece of kit had to be returned to Basildon Hospital.
Kit that is supposed to check my blood oxygen levels: but that I found incredibly uncomfortably to wear.
The nasal cannula wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be.
The machinery that it was attached to?
That made me look like a wannabe Borg … ?
And was supposed to stay on overnight … ?
Well …
That didn’t last long.
At any rate, I’ve taken the kit back to Basildon Hospital, today, and tried highlighting I have an issue.
Hopefully?
We can see what happens.
~≈Í≈~
At any rate … ?
I’m back home, unencumbered by stuff!
Home: and listening to Japan’s Tin Drum LP.
There’s time when ambient rain suits my mood.
Tonight … ?
The album that introduced the world to Ghosts* seems the thing.
That … ?
And a TV show.
Yes, you’re right.
The last episode of El Ministerio del Tiempo/The Ministry of Time
third series …
It’s a gig and a half …
~≈Í≈~
Moving on …!
Episode 13 — Entre dos tiempos/Between two times — sees the Ministry finding out the hideous truth: that someone in 1966 is turning the Ministry’s past … into a TV show.
Replacing it with Spain’s seminal horror series is relatively easy …
Until the team realise the man behind the leak …
Has taken over the Ministry in 2011.
And turned it into a tourist destination.
That’s not all …
Pacino and Lola (Hugo Silva and Macarena García) get the shock of their lives …
When they realise Alonso (Nacho Fresneda) … wants to retire …
Time traveling diseases, tourists in the heart of the ministry, and Irene (Cayetana Guillén Cuervo) with an eye-patch … ?
Ever get the feeling bad times are coming … ?
~≈Í≈~
Now …
I’ve got to give it to Javier Olivares and the rest of the team behind El Ministerio del Tiempo … they’ve made one hell of an entertaining series: one that’s been entertaining me for months, has well though out characters, and whose only flaw?
Is having the Spanish equivalent of Gadzooks turn up occasionally.
And one I was saddened to see the theoretical back of.
After all, the cast were great: with Alonso (Nacho Fresnada) being the stand out character amongst a stand-up ensemble.
Saddened …
But also pleasantly surprised … to see that there’s potentially going to be a fourth series.
In theory, by 2020.
I hope so.
El Ministerio del Tiempo is a breath of fresh air.
A breath of fresh, Spanish air, with a knowledge of history rivalling — and going beyond — Dr Who’s, a sense of fun rivalling anything any three comedies you care to name, and a lot less king slaying doomyness than Game of Thrones†.
Frankly?
I’m looking forward to a few new releases.
A potential fourth season of El Ministerio del Tiempo?
Has joined that list.
* Ghosts has to be one of the most haunting songs I’ve heard. It’s almost as jaw-dropping Breakfast, by the Associates. That was Billy Mackenzie’s finest moment …
† Someone dying horribly whilst having sex with their aunty? Is now event TV …
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