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Here, there and everywhere

The Bureau is a French police/spy series. Bodyguard is a British spy/suspense series. Gomorrah is an Italian mafia series. Hap & Leonard was an American buddy/detective series. They all have something in common, they are all completely different, and they all speak to me. What they have in common is that they are sexy. Not sexy as in groaning and heavy breathing, not sexy as in naked slippery flesh, although there may be some of that, but sexy as in sexy isn't ruled out. Sexy as in double entendre , clothes chosen for style even if they're cheap, fleeting glances, off-screen possibilities, unstated but indubitable attraction. The characters have bodies, and the viewer can imagine that they use them. Contrast this with other series. Can you imagine Nicole Kidman shedding one of her gorgeous coats and looking lasciviously at Hugh Grant in The Undoing ? Or any one of the wannabe Trumpsters in Succession ? There's plenty of sex in Succession, but there's no sexy at...