"Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat."
- Ralph Ellison

I watch this show, and then I usually watch it again on Hulu so that NBC knows that I watch this show.

Malcolm Barrett owns the screen.

Nonsense - I would watch Juliana sitting in a chair reading a book for an hour. Sigh.

His daughter is an executive producer, would be well versed in his canon, and seems to make something of a career out of shepherding productions of his novels.

I'm with you. The engineer bit makes him a close match for me.

Take one more step: even under excruciating circumstances, the constant humanity of just one person can save the world.