It’s Time To Admit That Star Trek Needs Longer Seasons

Despite the many benefits that streaming has provided, it still has some truly irritating aspects, most notably in terms of TV production and business. Six to eight episodes of well-known series are now ubiquitous, typically dropped as single-release binges rather than spread out over months, and it’s not […]

The first article on Den of Geek was titled It’s Time to Say That Star Trek Needs Longer Seasons.

American actor Andrew Lincoln is rightly well-known by many audiences through AMC’s megapopular monster series The Walking Dead after spending more than a decade as one of TV’s biggest franchises. On that program, he portrayed the supreme good man Rick Grimes, a determined and selfless leader who stood up for his people against a range of threats, both living and dead. The artist is set to return to broadcast in a very different type of role then that Rick’s account has been generally wrapped up in his spinoff series The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live ( as well as having given him a sort of content ending ).

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If the early testimonials from across the pond are anything to go by, people will soon have the chance to see Lincoln stretch himself in lots of wild ( and potentially quite improbable ) way. Creek, a six-part movie, aired earlier this Fall on British system Television on Showtime. Its subject matter is both unpleasant and uneasily up to date, making it a tale of isolation, adjustment, toxic masculinity, and adult rage. And Lincoln’s portrayal seems about as far away from Rick Grimes as it &#8217 can find.

In Coldwater, Lincoln portrays John, a generally cowardly husband and father who relocates his family to a new neighborhood and falls under the control of a charismatic weirdo who is too eager to exploit his numerous ( many ) worries about middle age, his marriage, and the world as a whole. What does appear to follow will reportedly involve a lot of domestic conflict, violence, and murder, in a sort of madly unbalanced analysis of the current masculinity crisis. ( I’m quite certain there might also be a serial killer involved )? Given how long Lincoln occupied what was basically the Platonic ideal of a warrior, which is terribly satirical. But I’m here for it, if only because it’ll be so nice to see this particular actor playing a role that he’s been playing ( or stifling it depending on your perspective ) for so long.

Lincoln’s initial foray into the world of American crisis is not in Coldwater; rather, that’s where he got his start. After years of watching him remove zombies in a cowboy hat, it’s possible some ordinary Walking Dead viewers won’t realize that he is not really American. He has appeared in everything from period dramas like Wuthering Heights to the supernaturally infused Afterlife across the pond. ( And of course, in Love Actually, he frequently appears in meme-d as the best friend with cue cards. ) However, it can be challenging for any performer to decide what to do after leaving a crucial role behind, and that’s exactly what Rick Grimes did for Lincoln. So it’s exciting to see that he’s not playing safe. We’ll have to wait and see for ourselves whether Coldwater will be worthwhile to watch.

Ewen Bremner, Eve Myles from Torchwood, and Indira Varma from Game of Thrones are among the familiar faces in the series ‘ early 2026 U.S. release.

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