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TV GUIDE: The Weekend Playlist: Foyle's Cold War, A Second Look at Orphan Black
Sep 13, 2013
by
Matt Roush
... One war makes way for another as the incredibly durable
Foyle's War, in its seventh
Masterpiece Mystery! season on
PBS, transitions from post-World War II intrigues to the ethically murky spy games of a burgeoning Cold War. "
I haven't got the requisite capacity for deceit," grumbles former police DCS Christopher Foyle (
Michael Kitchen, radiating crisp intelligence and decency), who once again is denied his dreams of retirement when
MI5 spooks reel him in, fresh off the boat from America.
We're now in the post-atomic era of 1946, with the Soviets the new menace and London still struggling with food shortages — "
Sometimes I wonder whether we actually did win the war," declares Foyle's former driver, Sam (the delightful
Honeysuckle Weeks), whose husband Adam (recast, now played by
Daniel Weyman) is considering a run for Parliament on the Labour ticket. In
The Eternity Ring, the first of three new
Foyle mystery movies (Sunday at 9/8c, check
tvguide.com listings),
Foyle is drawn into the investigation of a rumored Soviet spy ring, with Sam caught in the web of suspicion because of her association with her current employer, a physicist who witnessed the A-bomb testing a year earlier in New Mexico. Who are the real traitors in a world on the cusp of potential nuclear annihilation? Can
Foyle trust anyone, even his enigmatic and manipulative new bosses?
The world may have changed, but
Foyle has lost none of his brusque appeal, even though he appears sulkier than usual to be drawn back into the shadows to protect pawns in an increasingly deadly conflict. It's great to have him back. (Because Sundays are ridiculously busy, if you miss
Foyle on Sunday, episodes will be available online the next day at
pbs.org and
www.Acorn.TV, which also offers past seasons of this smart and absorbing series.)
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