The Honourable Woman 2014

     Nessa and Ephra Stein inherited their father’s Israeli munitions business after he was murdered when they were children.  A generation later they have shifted their British-Israeli company from arms to communications with a charitable foundation.  The focus is improvement in the relations between the Israelis and the Palestinians.  The Group is bringing fiber-optic cable and the internet to the West Bank.  Originally Ephra headed The Stein Group but Nessa found irregularities in the handling of money.  She does not want The Stein Group to be compromised in any way and she takes the role as head of the company from Ephra.  This change took place eight years earlier after Nessa returned from Gaza.  She had been kidnapped and held for over a year. 

     Truth and what you believe are the center points of this series.  Both the Israelis and Palestinians believe the Steins cannot remain independent and uncompromised despite their ideals and efforts. The British and the United States also are involved.  There is pain, violence, murder, deceit, guile, spying, espionage and not knowing who can be trusted with villains and victims on both sides.  The acting is good and Gyllenhaal does a very good job in her role.  4* (I really liked this series)

60 min each, 8 episodes TV mini-series with directed by Hugo Blick with Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stephen Rea, Lubna Azabal, Katherine Parkinson, Andre Buchan, Janet McTeer, Eve Best, Igal Naor, Martin Hutson, Genevieve O’Reilly, Lindsay Duncan.

Note:  Imdb 8.3 out of 10, 100% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 4.4* out of 5* with 141 reviews.

Special Note:  Episode titles, The Empty Chair, The Unfaithful Husband, The Killing Call, The Ribbon Cutter, Two Hearts, The Mother Line, The Hollow Wall, The Paring Knife.