Bad Banks: S01 - 2018 - 8/10

Razor honed brief series will be a banquet for fans of Wall Street and The Big Short.
Not necessarily a tasty feast, depending on how the financial world treated you. Or still does.
Global investment bank in Germany structures major loans, works a takeover, shifts money.
Shifting is loose phrase. Shifting sums of money, allegiances, realities, relationships.
D and back-stabbings get confused at times, and some of the emotional points held scant interest for me. (Though I daresay the “human angle” is why most viewers tune in.) [
Drinking, drug abuse, meaningless sex, nudity, profanity, will keep interest from flagging.
Perfect for cynics of all ages.

Bad Banks: S02 - 2020 - 7/10

Second series picks up where BB: S01 concluded.
Jana and her team are assigned to a fledgling online financial company.
Their goal is to capture the independent upstart and bring it under the heel of the commercial institution.
Expect cooked books, quicksand alliances, betrayals, and a web of lies.
Ramifications include massive layoffs, economic chaos, and potential loss of life here and there.
This is not an easy series (this ain’t NetFlix).
Target viewers seem to be persons who keep an eye on their personal savings and grasp leverage, offshore, and reassignment double-speak.
Whether you have savings or not, this series lets you see how quickly a handful can ruin your future.