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Helen Hunt is the drawcard for viewers of a certain age, but this imaginative, theatrical and resolutely earthy series brings a whole lot more to the table – including a bunch of engagingly drawn characters and some incisive explorations of family, identity and social issues.
Blindspotting cast members (from left) Colin (Daveed Diggs), Janelle (Candace Nicholas-Lippman), Rainey (Helen Hunt), Ashley (Jasmine Cephas Jones), Earl (Benjamin Earl Turner), Trish (Jaylen Barron) and Miles Turner (Rafael Casal).
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The setting is Oakland, California, a place synonymous with progressive values and academia, but a city whose mean streets are very mean indeed. And you don’t need to have seen the 2018 film of the same name (written by and starring Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs) to jump right in here.
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