THE PERIPHERAL, s1 (2022)
Having read Gibson's original novel when it came out almost ten years ago, I can't attest to how faithful this streaming translation was (not that it really matters) but two things did stick out: one, I don't recall Flynn being so irritatingly passive in Gibson's original; and two, Alexandra Billings was phenomenal and needs to be in everything.
Yesbut: too much of THE PERIPHERAL's eight episodes were a slog redeemed only by its last few (probably once Ned Dennehy and Billings showed up): given the source and the WESTWORLDly and SIMPLE PLAN (love that film) talent behind it, I had hoped for more – suppose I was quasi-precient in saying "in Gibson and Nolan and Joy I (mostly) trust," this first season being a case study in that trust being misplaced for 2/3 of the fruits of their collaboration.
Nonetheless, given how this first season ended, I do hope for a season two – but that it took long enough to get rolling that a second season is required at all is problematic, at best.