Anne's Arts & Activities Blog

 I wish I hadn't started Amazon's new series “As We See It” on a night I didn't have time to binge because I most certainly would have kept going beyond the second episode. The show centers on three 20-something roommates who are on the autism spectrum and their aide who are all try to navigate the world amidst its many challenges, some bigger and more complex than others, relatively speaking. One of the things I like best about the show is that the three main characters are played by actors who actually are on the spectrum. So far my favorite roommate is Violet (Sue Ann Pien), who works at Arby's, wants a boyfriend and has no filter. As she's working the counter at Arby's she propositions a customer (it's all innocent and honest as far as Violet knows), resulting in a tirade by he customer's wife and a demotion for Violet to sandwich technician. Later, she meets a man she found on Bumble. He doesn't know she's on the spectrum and ends up d...

  I absolutely adore Lily Rabe so there was no way I was going to miss "Tell Me Your Secrets." She doesn't disappoint as a woman   (Karen/Emma) just entering the Witness Protection Program and starting a new life after being implicated in the murders of nine young women committed   by her boyfriend. In her new location she gets involved in the mysterious disappearances of some young girls, as well as come complicated relationships. When   Mary (played by Amy   Brenneman) learns Karen has been released from prison she hires rapist John (brilliantly played by Hamish Linklater) to find her and get her tell them what happened to her missing daughter Theresa, who Karen's boyfriend -- or maybe Karen? -- may have killed. There's a lot of time-jumping but if you pay attention -- especially to Karen/Emma's hair -- you shouldn't have trouble with it. I could have watched all the entire season in one sitting -- it's just that good -- but after watching tw...