Winter's Cumin' Streaming 24' - The Regime - Miniseries

The Regime has concluded. HBO's second miniseries (well True Detective is more of an anthology series, however still short, sharp this season) of 2024.

2024 promises to be the year of the miniseries for the premium cable network. With The Sympathizer commencing next Monday on Binge.

So back to this Kate Winslet political satire miniseries. Now it's nowhere near the brilliance of Winslet's last HBO outing, Mare of Easttown.

Alongside Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Guillaume Gallienne, Andrea Riseborough, Martha Plimpton, and Hugh Grant all star.

The Regime started early month, concluding this afternoon on Binge. Across the six episode run, The Regime depicts a year within the palace of a crumbling authoritarian regime. After not leaving the palace for quite some time, Chancellor Elena Vernham (Winslet) becomes increasingly paranoid and unstable and turns to a volatile soldier, Herbert Zubak, as an unlikely confidant. 

As Zubak's influence over the chancellor grows, Elena's attempts to expand her power eventually result in the palace and the country fracturing around her.

The miniseries has received mixed reviews, however Kate Winslet’s performance has been singled out for praise from critics.

Now this was far from brilliant. Is HBO hanging out for 2025 to come with series like the White Lotus, Last of Us and Euphoria set to stream? I think so. At least they are not Showtime with barely any content on the horizon. Yellowjackets third season will clearly not save Showtime alone.

Either way there was a few giggles to be hard, however it was far from HBO's best when it comes to comedy.

While The Regime concludes, we eagerly await the much hyped The Sympathizer before waiting for House of Dragon's return for a shorter eight episode second season.

Until next time.