The Glade 4.0

Agoraphobic Widowed Russian Chess master solves crimes from his hotel room with a little help from the people that work at the hotel and college aged Chess protege.

Meanwhile he's trying to avoid getting thrown out of the hotel (which he cant bring himself to leave) for nonpayment and being pushed by his sister in law to solve his wife's murder

It seems cool and Micheal Shanks co-stars in episode 3.

However like all episodic dramas with a serial element, it struggles to strike the right balance between the two.

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

So.. it's Nero Wolfe: the Russian version?

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

I watched this series. It was ... not bad.

I can't watch an episode without thinking of this, though.

Don't give me that look. You know I'm right.

Edit:

I mean, come on.

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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.