These two Peacock shows are worth a look

The Copenhagen Test

It is a crime that Marvel has only released one Shang-Chi movie, because Simu Liu should be in more. That movie was fun and a highlight of the MCV. His highest-profile role has been as one of the other Kens in "Barbie! Until such time as he is given the recognition he rightly deserves, I guess I have to settle for "The Copenhagen Test."

Alexander Hale (Liu) is an analyst at a covert agency called The Orphanage. He and the agency discover that his eyes and ears have been hacked, and they decide to use him to expose the people behind the hack.

Liu is great at balancing the action/spy stuff with the more subtle aspects of the role, like figuring out how to leave a message for someone without his bosses or the enemy knowing. With everything he sees and hears being monitored, he is forced to live. a lie all the time. The only time he can let his guard down is when something is blocking the signal.

"The Copenhagen Test" is a pretty good spy thriller with a light touch of sci-fi. Nanites were put into Alexander's system, which allowed a shady someone, or group of someones, to hack his sight and hearing. That is as deep as the sci-fi goes; the rest of the show stays grounded. The mystery of who did this and why is pretty compelling. There are some good twists that are just the thing you want from a spy show. There are a few that made me grow, and one that did not feel earned at all: more hits than misses.  "The Copenhagen Test was pretty good. Mydad and I got through all eight episodes in a few nights- and he stayed awake through most of it. That's about as strong a recommendation as you can get.

“The Copenhagen Test” is on Peacock.

All Her Fault

I had a show I watched with my dad, so it was only fair that there was one I watched with my mom. As luck would have it, there was one, also on Peacock, that I had planned on watching that I thought she might like. That show was “All Her Fault.” It had the twists and surprises like “The Copenhagen Test,” but no action scenes, so it was more her speed.

When her child goes missing, Marissa Irvine (Sarah Snook) and her family struggle to find answers. As the case unfolds, family secrets get revealed, and the kidnapping opens old wounds for all involved.

Overall, I really enjoyed “All Her Fault,” so let's get the negatives out of the way first. It ended with too many twists and “surprises.” The kidnapping is resolved early in the last episode, and the rest of the runtime is spent tying up loose ends. My issue with that is that it takes too long to get to those answers within the episode. It was in this episode that I realized how many sideplots there were and how little I cared about them. The kidnapping plot was engaging enough, and we didn’t need most of the side stuff. It just made the finale drag on for way too long and took away from what I thought was a satisfying resolution to the kidnapping plot.

The show is at its best when it is focused on that story. We find out within the first few episodes who did the kidnapping, but the big question is why they did it. That turns out to be the most interesting question posed by the show. What connection do the Irvines have to this person, and why would they take their son? The entire seventh episode is dedicated to answering those questions and deepening the mystery around the kidnapping. The first seven episodes fly by rather quickly as the case unfolds and secrets get exposed. It makes the show well worth your time.

“All Her Fault” is on Peacock