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I think using an American soldier having his leg blown off as the pretense for a satiric romance and light comedy is brilliant.

I'm sure the tens of thousands of horrifically injured soldiers barely getting through every day dealing with the attendant PTSD appreciate the attention paid to their losses and the humorous moments they provide the audience.

I wonder why more shows don't use injured American soldiers as props for their genius?

Maybe people will learn just how funny it is to see a young man maimed -- especially an American.

Then they want to know why America doesn't care whether or not they ever settle their strike.

Sure, the business aspects of the show along with his takeover of the weed store strain credulity. I don't think I have ever seen a movie or a series where the writer understands what's involved in laundering money -- the mechanics of how it's done and the resulting hit to the aggregate dollar figure of what needs to be cleaned by the process used. Heck, neither did the guys from the neighborhood back in the day.

Yet, Sly must have done some hanging out with Caan, Chazz Palminteri, Burt Young, and the made guys at il Boschetto in the Bronx because he has the attitude, mannerisms, and style of the successful guys who survived their youth.

Simply said, Stallone is great, and the show is well worth the watch. I've only seen episode one but if they don't ruin it with wokeness and political propaganda I think it will be a "can't miss."

I know I'm not going to miss it.

"The good news is your dates are here. The bad news is... they're dead." I have remembered that quote since I saw the movie in the late 1980s. Tom Atkins said it and unless you didn't watch TV or see any movies in the last 50 years, you would know the man. I think IMDB owes him an apology. When you click on his name because you know his face and remember that quote and it brings you to a page where he has only one credit, you realize a crime has been committed.

Aside from that, I loved the episode. You just know Jackie is going to do the right thing, regardless of how it affects him.

How about you, IMDB? Tom deserves better.