The Sleep of Reason

I saw all eight episodes of the series on Studio Universal, enduring until dawn when they aired the last one! But it was well worth it. Although in the beginning you may be tricked into believing this is all true, it turns out I was watching one of the most original experiments of TV fiction I've seen in years. At times the story is so dense to be confusing, but the way it is narrated makes you want to know what happens to the characters next and instantly sympathize for them. It is not easy for short movies to establish that bridge with its characters because they don't last enough to build on their personality. Here it somehow happens and at episode 3 you feel as you've known forever, as if this was the series' second or third season. The thriller background is very entertaining and the British journalist hosting the series moves at ease in a world of mentally disturbed politicians, deranged psychiatrists, arrogant medical doctors.