I agree about the younger actors. Some of the best casting I've seen for flashbacks.

Great show , early epus especially

I saw the twist coming, and by episode 5, I was calling this show "Who's your daddy?" Still, I'm very much looking forward to season 2. Benja, my husband and I discovered you during Yellowstone you are now our go-to for recap and reviews. So happy you did this one. Expert analysis, as always!

Great synopsis

Thanks for the breakdown. Watched a little bit of this video after every episode. Great job.

Good summary. Thanks

Having watched it all from start to finish, I found the plot to be flimsy and ridiculous at best. Yes, it was good acting and yes, it was a thriller but looking at the the show as a whole I found myself asking what was it all about? And there will be a season two to follow? I really don't think I'll bother watching that. I like my films & tv drama to have some semblance of logic and reason to it all. Around the middle of the episodes onwards I was getting somewhat bored with the dialogue, so I kept pausing to make cups of tea, not something I would normally do during an intense programme. The fact that this video has been put up in order to explain what happened says it all. So, my thanks to the poster.

I think you hit the nail on the head on every point!!

It was a 10/10 until Dave and Carol left, it's now a 8/10

Expert recap and review!

Great job. Always like these vids as I don’t follow as well as I should and these help me understand the show much better. I’d agree with your 8 and maybe a 7 as it wound down. Excited that they renewed so will def watch the next season.

Excellent analysis.

Great recap. tnx!

Good show, just binged it, definitely some things that bothered me including Zoe.

Looking back on it now it doesn’t even make sense other than an intentional distraction.

The beginning is heavy on dementia, and then that whole aspect just disappears. Kinda strange.

Morgan bote, I want to see him again🤓🤓👍👍

What was model and make of the boat he uses to get off the island in the season finale?

Thanx for the breakdown , one thing bothering me was how does Hamzad still have so much influence over U.S government at present day? besides some plot holes the show is well acted , crafted and combined with some intriguing dialogue exchanges. DO you know anything regarding this getting a Season 2?

I miss Dave and Carol. P.S. Thank you for the breakdown. I've been sticking with OLD MAN because I like espionage shows and Bridges and Lithgow. It's losing a bit of steam for me, but still very watchable.

I am beginning to think that they will never get finished with Season 2. There is still no released date.

To my knowledge, I think they cut the first season short because of Bridges’ cancer…

It seemed important to the story and then just gone…

calling Abby a POS and describing her as the villain is too simple a take... revel in the moral ambiguity of a good spy thriller...

So old metal gear solid snake has finally moved on settle down had kids and is ready to restart his career again.

So disappointed (because it seemed to be well thought out at first). Starts out so seemingly clever and mysterious. Made sense that in a spy / agency story there are layers of secrets and motives, not all clear. But it seems stupid that all the characters are made out to be super powerful and politically clever when ultimately it's personal and stupidly so at that. If the series is not to fall apart like a house of cards, I hope they explain why a fragile old Afghan war lord seems to be telling the CIA and FBI what to do as well be famed for getting everything he wants. I cannot see any scenario where anything in Afghanistan was ever so important that it would give someone there pull over US federal and intelligence agencies top players, plus Marocco secret service. Plus why ant of it happens now, why lousy assassins were sent after Chase, why Zoe (from softie to sudden badass) totally forgets about her son, why Harper forgets about the rest of his family (while happily talking about his legacy), why Chase was SO bent on helping Hamzad personally when the US didn't care and he abandoned him easily when it was convenient for the plot. And why does CIA agent Raymond Waters claim to basically work for Hamzad (strange enough for a CIA agent to say) and to be in contact with him but then this is entirely forgotten and he becomes fully CIA lapdog, then out of the blue falling for the daughter, that he kidnapped and that only slept since, then defend her against Hamzad and the CIA (in his mind). And why was Emily losing her shit at the mention of Hamzad when she worked for years undercover and as an agent in a political position. First time someone pressed her buttons in her career? And why did Chase make Zoe practically his wife. He lived a life of charades, meets this woman by chance and in order to give her some compensation, he is making her his wife? Also, situation here described at minute 21:13 Neither Emily nor viewer know what issue the US government has with Harper (if whatever is revealed) so how how can she say they can spin this after Hamzad is dead, why and how should that work and why does that convince Harper? Here and until end of season, what Hamzad's relation to the US government is, what strings he is pulling there and what Harper did that compromises him (that he sent Hamzad's weapons in the past to fight Russians? Unlikely to be a big deal or something would complain about. That he got Hamzad's wife out? The US government would impair their FBI Associate Director over that?) Speaking of which, what does the FBI have to do with anything in Afghanistan? Or was CIA and became Deputy Director of the FBI? What difficult stuff did Emily go throiyugh at the FBIand for Harper but let her be a researcher on his team and rookie otherwise it seems

Today is January 12, 2023 does anyone know when season 2 of The Old Man will start? I am so excited that there is going to be a second season! Love to all.

8/10

10

Abby is Mosaad.

🔴 Great recap / the old man / supposedly, less episodes etc. because Jeff Bridges cancer treatment and thereby availability. 🔴

Angela is the luckiest person on earth cus she has not one , not two but three Father!!!!

6/10 no real plot.

The way you narrate is boring.

Boring, disorganized, not believable. It's a total mess! The Zoe character was pointless. Bridges literally just meets her and then takes her with him and she demands half his money??? This takes gold digger to a whole new level. Don't waste your time with this garbage.