I stumbled onto this on Netflix. If The Man from U.N.C.L.E were set in WWII, written by 4th graders on a sugar high (episode 2 centers on Nazi dinosaurs), directed by the makers of Airplane! using special effects straight out of Godzilla vs. Megalon, and starred an international cast of baristas (including one that only speaks Russian, but everybody understands her), you would have the Australian TV series Danger 5.
I mean that in a good way. The best thing to come out of Australia since that other really good thing that came out of Australia that no one ever talks about.
Disclaimer: The preceding message has been an enthusiastic endorsement of the first two episodes. The rest of the series might suck, although I’d be really surprised.
Update and Correction: I’m really surprised. The second season does suck. The inspired lunacy of the first season is gone. In the three years between seasons 1 and 2, the sugar-buzzed 4th graders grew into vulgar, puerile 7th graders, and all the satire that made season 1 so good has been replaced by the kind of cheap, unfunny sex and drug jokes you get from vulgar 7th graders. Two episodes into season 2 and I can’t finish it. If it gets better in episode 3, I won’t know.
This is why I don’t generally endorse things.
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