Exiles

What's up with Edie Falco (60 yrs) playing a 30 yr old HRC? And, Clive Owen ...love Clive Owen but what accent is he going for? Doesn't even remotely sound like Clinton. Dennis Quaid nailed it in "The Special Relationship." And, the woman playing ML...doesn't even look like her, except they both have black hair.

Sarah Paulson, as usual, brings it. Love her! Fantastic. I forget I'm watching Paulson, and really watching Tripp. She is the best part, in my book.

"FX's" real life crime anthology series from Ryan Murphy is back this time in season 3 which focuses on the Clinton scandal and Impeachment. Episode one "Exiles" starts it off with longtime white house staffer Linda Tripp(the one and only great Sarah Paulson who's greatly transformed) being demoted and moved to the Pentagon where she meets an energy filled new government intern named Monica Lewinsky(Beanie Feldstein) and the two hit it off and you see soon that this relationship will reveal plenty to the American public. Also showcased and focused on in the first episode is the sexual harassment lawsuit from Paula Jones(Annaleigh Ashford) who claimed Bill Clinton did some naughty things to her as Arkansas governor. The episode was well written and acted super with cast chemistry at A plus levels, and it captures the times of the mid to late 90's well. Really this was a fine start to another hit work from Ryan Murphy.

Great series well made and acted. I would have given it a 10 if not for the "Elephant in the room" (Pun intended) Monica. In some scenes she almost looks obese Please look at actual pics of Monica at the time. She is actually about 15 lbs overweight. If Sarah Paulson gained 20 lbs for her role why couldn't Beanie Feldstein lose 20 lbs. Realistically all of Clinton's "girls" were actually quite svelte and to believe he almost lost his presidency to someone as overweight as the Monica character was hard for me to believe.

OMG that's Sarah Paulson???? I would have never ever guessed that she transformed completely. Wow great job she was marvelous. All the characters were spot on.

A slow but very engaging start to a season filled with interesting characters, I'm not all too familiar with the Clinton scandal but I am definitely interested after this first episode. Can't wait for more.