Public Holiday Fest Streaming 26' - Memory of a Killer - Season One

Memory of a Killer just got renewed by FOX on the buzzer ahead of the finale Tuesday night. Wow all this Easter viewing, finales, The Boys and The Testaments returning/starting wow! I need more public holidays. 

The crime thriller/drama streaming locally on Stan, is based on the 2003 Belgian film De Zaak Alzheimer and the 1985 novel of the same name.

Patrick Dempsey leads, alongside Michael Imperioli, Richard Harmon, Odeya Rush, Daniel David Stewart, Peter Gadiot, Michaela McManus & 9-1-1 Lonestar queen Gina Torres all star.

Angelo Doyle (Dempsey) is a contract killer and family man struggling to keep his two lives separate. His worlds begin to collide when an attempt is made on his pregnant daughter's life. Angelo often visits his Alzheimer's-ridden brother in a memory care facility, while there are signs that the disease is starting to affect Angelo as well.

Angelo Ledda lives two totally separate lives — fearsome NYC hitman and sleepy upstate Cooperstown photocopier salesman and father. Both of them are threatened when he is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, a disease he already lost his older brother to. 

Memory Of A Killer premiered on another public holiday earlier in the year, concluding on Easter Tuesday. The tight ten episode order worked well. I'm not sure how a 22 episode order network series would work. Come to think of it not sure how season two will work. Either way though, it's renewed, likely to stream next January. On Stan. 

Network TV has been fairly safe this season in the US. Loads of returning series. Basketball heavy on NBC. The CW ditching dramas (almost entirely) and FOX (where Memory of a Killer) having limited dramas (one is a Canadian co-pro) with a large number of animated comedies, with a side of a few live action comedies.

Like Animal Control (which annoyingly) streams on Binge. It will conclude a little later this month. It has also been renewed.

Next week CBS will announce their upfront announcement with a solid returning roster. Including new Yellowstone spin-off Y: Marshalls. Which is damn fine. Also the production quality is a lot higher than most other network series.

Memory of a Killer started strong, however with the main characters storyline, I feel this could be limited. Like Found and a number of other network series of recent years.

For now, this was decent. My parents like it. It looks better than some of your run of the mill, budget network series. It feels (without the swearing and sex) like it could be a streaming series original. That's a compliment by the way.