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Is it perfect, hell no. No one's walking out of the theater thinking "best movie I ever saw!" But what I did think was, pretty satisfying, kind of funny, somewhat touching, well written and directed, exceptionally well acted across the board, with an award caliber performance by Bobby Cannavale and the little "on the spectrum dude who plays his son.

It's definitely got an 80's/90's vibe so maybe in today's environment for some people it's not politically correct enough, hep enough, or whatever but it entertained me, my wife and our adult daughter on enough levels we left the theater quite satisfied.

Btw, and I don't think this is a spoiler, at the very end, it might have even been in credits, there's a pretty funny Jimmy Kimmel-Guierrmo (sp?) skit, which was a nice added touch.

What a great hour of TV. Smart, sharp, provocative and prescient.

It bumps you around but it doesn't push you around. The characters are extremely well drawn. Vivid, believable and thoroughly enjoyable and very fresh.

It has the intelligence of the West Wing and the urgency of Homeland, two of my favorite shows, which only makes sense considering the creator worked on both of those series.

I was drawn in with the first two episodes but episode three "Lambs in the Dark" pushed it into a whole new gear.

I'm only three episodes in and I'd give the Diplomat a strong 8 so far but this episode gets a ten!

I do have to say I wish series these days weren't so damn short. Especially when they're this good. I guess eight episodes is better than six.

Keep up the good work.