Well, I've been watching this for the last two days. It's super intriguing, but you have to pay attention at all times. Sometimes a few happenings confuse me, but I got most of everything under grabs I feel like. I'm crazy about Florence Pugh's acting, she is so incredibly talented and it shows. It pours out of the screen here how good she really is. I also think Alexander Skarsgaard is solid, I really like him in the role, and he fits that role to perfection. For many years I wasn't a fan of Michael Shannon, but I liked his work in The Shape of Water, and I'm actually fine with it in here too. The soundtrack is killer, and the cinematography and visuals oozes of atmosphere, colors and it's very pretty to look at.
I got one episode left, and I'm about to watch it.
Did I pick up on the general story? Mind you, I know almost nothing about the subject matter of the show, and it's made in a little difficult to follow at times.
Back in 1948 the Zionists (they say they are Jews who wants to make an independent Jewish state) from Israel bombed and slaughtered Palestinians in their own country (But why? Was it because they wanted to build an independent Jewish state in Palestine? I picked up it has to do with Great Britain as well but I don't know what part they played?), a disaster Khalil and his siblings has remembered growing up. So they are now hiring Westerners to bomb Jews in the Western world. The group we follow who says they are all Israelis picked up on the intro's bombing and Khalil and his family. So they have been hiring people with the same ideals, politics and beliefs as themselves and who are also good actors and has orchestrated the life of Salim and his girl, so that Charlie has the experiences on her to genuinely convince the Palestinians (and these folks from England) that she knew Salim, and so they could get rid of Salim and Anne his "au pair" in the shadows. It's also to gain the Palestinians trust, which has made Khalim trust her enough to see her (ending of Episode 5).
There's a few parts I'm confused about. It's been a little hard to figure it all out. I still don't know why that [episode 5]
briefcase switch happened.
Made a Google search on the term zionists and is reading this article to understand it better. Dunno how accurate it is.
[edit] Apparently it's a swearword nowadays. I meant no offence by using it, and used it only because that is the term being commonly used on the show, and I'm trying to learn about it all to understand the show better.
