The choice of "Novaya Gazeta"

Autumn is a fruitful season for new series, primarily American ones: these are dramas and melodramas, militants and thrillers, mysticism and science fiction. Of the dozens of new products translated into Russian, we chose five - the most promising

Out of time (Timeless)

On May 6, 1937, in the Lekkherst, on the main air supply base of the US Navy, the Hyndenburg disturbed the distrique. 36 people were killed, the era of the airships ended. But if, for example, Hindenburg did not explode? If there were fewer victims? The whole world history would change from this, and if so, how much? In the textbook story of Ray Bradbury “Thunder,” the death of one butterfly from the Jurassic period turned the course of further world events, and here the famous collapse ... “Out of time” on the NBC channel - the new brainchild of Eric Cripke, the creator of “Supernatural”. Only now, instead of demons and other otherworldly creatures, is an alternative story. The villain Garcia Flynn (Goran Vishnich), kidnapping the time machine, is going to change the history of the United States beyond recognition. What exactly did he plan? At what point will he penetrate to deliver the next blow? And how to interfere with him? In pursuit of Flynn, three were sent: historian Lucy Preston (Ebigail Spencer), soldier Wyatt Logan (Matt Lanter) and special for moving in time Rufus Karlin (Malcolm Barrett). They can save the past from attacks from the future, and can aggravate the situation. The fabric of time is so thin that none of the living people understand what to fear the most. Or maybe the irreparable has already happened - just no one has noticed this yet? ..

Wild West World (Westworld)

The first episode collected 3.3 million spectators from the screens.

Michael Cruiton was not only a writer and screenwriter, but also a director. In 1973, he set the film "The World of the Wild West", where a certain company came up with a superleracy for the rich. Specially created robots depicted the heroes of Westerns or the inhabitants of Ancient Rome, and the tourists had fun. However, as a result of the failure, the system got out of control. The robots ceased to obey, and one of them (he was played by Yul Brinner from the “magnificent seven”), killing a tourist, began to hunt for his friend ...

43 years later, Jonan Nolan decided to tell the same story on the NVO channel. In the series of Nolan, James Marsden and Evan Rachel Wood played the roles of Androids, and Anthony Hopkins - the inventor and the owner of the attraction. Those who watched both an original film and the first two series of remakes are obvious. And the point is not only that the Nolan series appeared in another era, when computer special effects erased the line between the desires of the director and the possibilities of their screen embodiment. And not that the version of Nolan turned out to be even more gloomy and bloody than that of the predecessor - which is at least a person’s sadistic experiments in black (Ed Harris). For Cruiton himself, the plot of Westworld was primarily an approach to his superpoption “Jurassic Park”, later transferred to the movie screen Spielberg. Both there and here the scientific discoveries are the gold reserve of the human mind, and the one who dares to exchange this gold for the coppers of the vulgar attraction must keep in mind: “Kings of nature” at any moment can be the statists in this performance. Nolan has a different idea, scheduled in the series "In the field of view". According to the author, with the development of technology, the border between inanimate and wildlife will become permeable. When this happens, a computer endowed with a right to a mistake will turn into a person. For for artificial intelligence the highest point of its perfection is the potential possibility of imperfection ...

Bull (Bull)

"I hate lawyers!" - admits the doctor of psychology Jason Bull (Michael Weserly). In his opinion, the defender in court can be eloquent, to operate with significant evidence, to remind of the presumption of innocence, but if, for example, someone from the jury has an indigestive stomach or corn hurts, no professionalism will help. “The court is not just a law, it is psychology, neurolinguistics,” the Bull assistant explains to the clients. What he does is not charlatanism. The hero studies the jury, their biographies, tastes and preferences, selects a team of understudies and, on the basis of the collected data, determines the defense strategy. His tips may seem paradoxical, but he often turns out to be right. In the first episode, when the son of a millionaire is accused of the murder, the bullet needs to solve the hellish problem: save a young man who does not like the jury in advance. How to convince people when they already decided everything for themselves before the trial? .. The series Fila McGrow was shot for CBS at Stephen Spielberg Amblin Television. Although in the center of each episode there is a jury, not only legal has been in front of us, but also a psychological detective. Actor Michael Weserly left the series “Marine Police. The special department ”, where 13 seasons in a row played a policeman, put on his glasses and chose a different role: Dr. Bull, similar to Dr. Lightman from the series“ Deceiving Me, is not a detective; He explores people, and sometimes manipulates them. But he is not alien to a sense of justice, so that in the final they will not only justify the innocent, but also find the guilty.

The last candidate (Designated Survivor)

The term Designated Survivor ("appointed") is called an official who is sitting in the shelter all the time while the president and other senior officials are in one place. This is a precaution in case of emergency. The series, which started on the ABC channel, will begin with the head of state addressing the Congress ... Explosion - and instead of the Capitol ... smoking ruins. Everyone is dying: president, vice president, congressmen and government members. The oath will be given by Designated Survivor, Minister of Housing and City Development of the United States Tom Kirkman (Kififer Suserland). Yesterday, this quiet intellectual pondered the resignation, and now decides the fate of the country. Fiction? But even in Russia, the chairman of the state building once became the president ... However, we will return to that Kirkman, more precisely, to the performer of his role. Kififer Suserland, who played agent Jack Bauer in the series “24”, became very famous. The actor used a break between 8 and 9th seasons to change the image. His journalist Martin Bom in the series “Communication” is a conscientious person, but not a symbol of “Good with fists”. The audience hoped to see the former Jack again, because the “connection” failed. The new series created by Davis Guggenheim is another chance for the actor to shake the stereotype. The Last Candidate is a thriller in half with a drama. The viewer monitors the search for terrorists, political intrigues and, most importantly, how the liberal bom and hard bauer will get along in the new president. And who in what situation will prevail.

Pitch (Pitch)

The first episode shown on the Fox channel was watched by 4.23 million spectators.

The main character of this series, Ginny Baker (Kylie Banberi), is a national celebrity. “She is like Hillary Clinton, only sexy, or like Kim Kardashian, only with the necessary sports skills,” they say about her ... who is a pitcher (that is, the presenter) in the team? One of the main players. The success of the game may depend on the strength and accuracy of his throw. The unusuality of the plot Service is that in 2016 for the first time in the history of baseball in the United States, a 23-year-old athlete Ginny Baker is becoming a San Diego Padre pitch (the real team of the Premier League). The team is going through the best of times, so its owner Frank Raid (Bob Balaban) hopes in this way to draw attention to the San Diego Padres. From the first day, the Ginny team has not been easy. And they treat her with prejudice, not because she is an African American (in American sports, racial problems are overcome), but because a woman. So our heroine will have to prove to everyone more than once-the coach, the captain (this role is played by the Mark-Paul Gosselaar, the whole team and herself plays this role-that she can throw the ball even better than male players ... Although hundreds of baseball bats are sold annually, “feed” is unlikely to be just as popular with us. However, in order to evaluate the plot of this series, it is not necessary to understand baseball. It is enough to love high -quality sports dramas. If you like the film "Their own league" with Gina Davis and Tom Hanks, then you will most likely be interested in this series.