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*stares sadly at the Wish Me Luck femslash she just wrote*

Why is it always the obscure ones that tickle my fancy?

(brought about by episode five; also, show, why are you so v v serious, while at the same time hard to turn away from? sigh)

sff: Wish Me Luck, season one

It's a pity only the first season is streaming on Netflix. Having finished it, I immediately want to move to the next to watch more women as spies and dealing with the cultural impact of the time. (disapproving males everywhere, unsurprisingly, and amazing, amazing women)

Very enjoyable season over-all, with enough betrayals and action (AND, the bit about how a lot of spying is literally spending time sitting around, twiddling your thumbs while you wait from orders to come regarding the information you've passed on. omg, the thumb-twiddling) to satisfy me. Also, women with confident sexualities who aren't seen as 'evil' or whorish.

Not to mention the femslash potential (Matty/Lois, Matty/Liz, Liz/Claudine, Liz/Faith), and the strong female friendships and the loyalty among these women, and to their respective countries.

And Julian Glover, who is amazing as their commanding officer.

It's not as pretty as Bomb Girls (production values are a lot different now), and it's sometimes very slow (most of spying is sitting round twiddling your thumbs, after all), but it is compelling and nail-biting, and very very tense.

Netflix does have all three seasons on disc, luckily. *adds to queue*