"I'm sorry I ever met him."

I see your point(s). Perhaps I'm too tolerant (R_Kane tolerant?! The hell you say!), or too impressed by how Simmons is able to inhabit what are at the moment two very different personalities simultaneously, and, often, in the same scene together, to be a more discriminating observer of the totality of the show. My instinct says that what's to come as this story unfolds is going to be much more complex than what we've gotten so far. I hope you've seen Ep 4. If not, please skip to the next paragraph right now. I thought for sure that Baldwin, brutally betrayed and set up by her lover, was dead for certain, but there
was more to Baldwin than I had credited her. I thought for sure that kind-hearted Howard would be in a world of hurt on Their Side, but his fundanental goodness (which I concede can prima faci come across as being cookie cutter) not only tentatively helped perhaps to start to heal a ruptured bond between hard-hearted Howard's wife, Emily and h-h Howard's daughter, Anna. It also gained him a potentially invaluable ally in Their Emily, who, while clearly as tough as carborundum steel, told Our Howard, "You're a better man than he is."

Some series start slow, but are worth the investment, e.g, Star Trek, Game Of Thrones. Others, not so much, e.g., American Gods, season 3 of Twin Peaks. To me, Counterpart feels like it's in the first group. Caveat: I am human, hence, imperfect.

Excatera, you post sparingly, which impresses me, like another friend whom I have here. I have only seen you post when you have something substantial to say, unlike so many others on the internet who natter on about the dumbest and most inconsequential thoughts imaginable. I am flattered that you so often seem to reply to me.