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I thought Morgan freeman's character 'Chris' couldn't be under more anxiety and stress than he was in the 1st season. 2nd season amps it up to another level where he just keeps digging a bigger grave for himself in his attempts to simply get a day job. You flip between feeling sorry for him and thinking he is an absolute twat who just doesn't learn the lessons life is dishing out to him. It is not easy to watch. I could only digest it slowly over a period of time. Not bingable at all for me but well worth the effort to watch and hopefully appreciate that you're not living Chris's life. Looking forward to a season where Chris just lives a normal happy life.

So happy that they didn't stuff this up. The Sandman was always a risky proposition to transfer to screen. They knocked it out of the park with the first six episodes. IT goes downhill with the introduction of the Rose storyline, 7-8. But saved in episode 9 thanks to the fun 'collectors' episode. 10 is ok and 11 is very experimental but worth it in my opinion.

Morphious is the real attraction. When he is heavily in the storyline the episodes are excellent. Basically because he is super cool, just like he is in the comics. Also when the episodes get really dark they are a winner. I really hope we have lots of seasons to come.

Giovanni Di Stefano was one of the most publicity hungry fraudsters that the world has had opportunity to be entertained and shocked to find out that he was a money hungry fraudster who ripped off many regular people who needed his help.

I can't but help admire in strange way those who take the concept of 'fake it until you make it' to the next level to live absolutely wild lives.

Giovanni directed his intellect and narcissism towards being a fake lawyer. He turned out to be a really good one that defended the likes of Manuel Noriega, Saddam Hussein, Slobodan Milosevic and more than once self proclaiming himself as the lawyer of few high profile cases simply to gain notoriety and media attention.

Why he needed to steal and cheat people even though he could earn a great living as a lawyer, shows how deeply greedy and without conscious people of his disposition are.

The film production was high quality, the creative approach of having the story told from Giovanni's perspective (using an actor) made you feel at least like you were getting a taste of his personality and reflection on his own life.

The great detective work done to bring Giovanni down, basically by a sole UK detective was just as interesting and keeps you invested to find out how he is finally caught and faced justice.