Echo 3
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This is a show on AppleTV+ that dropped in late ‘22, and the first season concluded in early ‘23. I think the intent was to make it a multi-season show, but Apple has neither confirmed a second season or cancelled it, but after over 3 years it’s probably safe to say another season isn’t happening.
It’s described as a “geopolitical thriller”, and l’d say it lives up to that name. It stars 3 main characters, Amber Chesborough (played by Jessica Ann Collins) plays a botanist who has a focus in doing research on addiction using psychedelics, her brother Alex ‘Bambi’ Chesborough (played by Luke Evans), and her husband Prince Haas (played by Michiel Huisman). Both of the guys are also special forces soldiers who do black ops types of operations. An added twist is that Prince is rich and his dad owns a company that sells military weapons to the US govt.
The basic plot line is that Amber goes to Columbia to do some research with native Shamans in the Amazon near the Venezuela border where she gets abducted by Venezuelan rebels and taken to a large prison-like facility.
At first it seemed like this was a run of the mill abduction for ransom money, which Prince is willing to pay, but then the rebels catch wind that Amber may have been working for the CIA and that was a game-changer, because they really don’t like the CIA down there.
With the aid of the Columbian military they make a couple of attempts to rescue Amber while she’s being transported to Venezuela, but once she’s there Bambi and Prince are left to their own devices to rescue her.
The show definitely delves in to the politics of the region. When the show came out Venezuela was run by Maduro, and he’s mentioned several times but never shown. Columbia had its fair share of problems too, and the 2 countries have some tension between them.
The show culminates with a high stakes raid to rescue Amber, with the help of Amber’s CIA buddy and Prince’s rich dad. Amber and Bambi’s mother also plays a role in an almost comedic fashion.
The action sequences are top notch, and they happen early and often. Definitely an A for that part of the show.
The show went 1 too many episodes for my liking, likely because they wanted to set the stage for a season 2, but without a season 2 it makes for a subpar ending.
We binge watched all 10 episodes over the weekend, but I never developed a strong affinity with any of the characters.
Overall l give it a C+.
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