29/38
Nondescript character: Where do you pray?
Story
After being released from prison after 25 years in prison, New York mob boss Dwight “The General” Manfredi was exiled to Tulsa, Oklahoma. Sylvester Stallone’s first lead role in a television series.
Dwight “The General” Manfredi: I don’t go to church at all
The opening credits show various photographic and painted views and landmarks of Oklahoma superimposed on the New York cityscape: A statue of the Sioux Indian chief “Touch the Clouds” wearing a military headdress and bone choker (breastplate) atop the Brooklyn Bridge; The statue of the golden driller, installed on the Statue of Liberty; The West Gate Arch on Highway 66, set on the main “avenue” of Manhattan. In New York, in the Manhattan area, there are several numbered “avenues” that intersect with smaller, numbered streets.
Featured on CBS News Sunday Morning: Episode #457 (2022)
Cute and relatively deep characters, believable plot, tolerable pace – the driving forces of this show. Stallone is good as the main character, but I really like Andrea Savage and her character, very good performance.
The cinematography and music are nothing to write home about, both are good enough to make the show interesting, but don’t really add value or stand out
I really appreciate that Stallone doesn’t try to look younger when his character Dwight honestly mentions his age and how it might affect his relationship with a young woman. In my review, the show looks pretty average, but I’m giving it an 8/10 because it’s a solid entertainment show, not a masterpiece or an outstanding achievement in television/cinematography.
