Clown Town (2025) is 9th in the Slough House series of books.

Like the rest, it’s worth reading for the outrageous behaviour of Jackson Lamb. And the smart, funny, cutting dialogue.

Plot? … well don’t worry too much about the plot in these books.

This time around, MI5 First Desk Diana Taverner tries to keep secret an old scandal that might come to light.

Jackson Lamb refuses to help. But his crew of Slow Horses somehow get involved anyway. Something to do with an old book of Cartwright’s grandfather.

In the end, Lamb takes action.

The TV series is better than the books. Season 5 is streaming now.

I managed to get through season 3.

Very confusing.

I DO admire Apple for making the attempt to adapt Asimov’s books to screen.

On the upside, the Mule has finally arrived. We have an interesting bad guy.

Foundation Season 3 centers on the emergence of the Mule, a powerful telepath who throws Hari Seldon’s carefully planned psychohistory into chaos.

A major 152-year time jump sees the Foundation reset, the Galactic Empire’s Cleonic dynasty fracturing, and Gaal Dornick confronting a new reality with the Second Foundation.

The season ultimately concludes with a game-changing finale featuring the Mule’s shocking true identity, the death of major characters, and the revelation of Earth. 

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Ballard is an American police procedural television series Spinoff of Bosch (2014–2021) and Bosch: Legacy (2022–2025).

Maggie Q was a brilliant choice as LAPD Detective Renée Ballard, something of a younger, female Bosch.

She’s got the gravitas to pull off this role.

I’m happy they stayed true to her surfer girl backstory from the books.

Ballard has been relegated to lead the cold case unit with a underfunded misfit staff of reserves and volunteers.

My favourite character is John Carroll Lynch as Thomas Laffont, a retired former police partner.

Rebecca Field as Colleen Hatteras, is terrific, too, as an enthusiastic volunteer.

Titus Welliver does show up as Harry Bosch. As do some of the other characters from the Bosch universe.

Critics like the show. But it’s only 69% on Rotten Tomatoes with viewers. A good show — but not measuring up to Bosch.

Personally, I prefer the gritty Bosch vibe. Police procedural.

Ballard seems to focus more on the interpersonal dramas of the cast.

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That said. It will be renewed. And I’ll be watching.

A surprise hit. 96% with critics on Rotten tomatoes.

It works because the cast and dialogue is so quirky.

I laughed out loud at every episode.

In a high-tech future, a rogue security robot secretly gains free will; to stay hidden, it reluctantly joins a new mission protecting scientists on a dangerous planet even though it just wants to binge soap operas.

I wasn’t particularly impressed with the book on which this show was adapted.

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