FUBAR is a TV which aired from 2023 to 2025 and tells the story of what happens “when a father and daughter discover they both secretly work for the CIA, an already dicey undercover mission turns into a dysfunctional family affair.
Luke Brunner (by Arnold Schwarzenegger) is the dad and agent extraordinaire of the CIA. Emma Brunner (by Monica Barbaro) is the daughter who is also a CIA agent. Funnily, neither of them knows that they work for the same agency.
Tally Brunner (by Fabiana Udenio) is the former wife of Luke and is supposed to marry Donnie (by Andy Buckley) while Emma’s boyfriend is Carter (by Jay Baruchel). Neither knows what is going to happen to them: Donnie being engaged to a CIA agent’s former wife and Carter having as girlfriend a CIA agent.
As the series progresses, Emma joins Luke’s team with dear Barry Putt (by Milan Carter), Aldon Reese (by Travis Van Winkle) and Roo (by Fortune Feimster). This is where the TV show shows some limitations: these three are too caricatural. A little toning down would have been good. Dr Pfeffer (by Scott Thompson) is a much needed CIA psychologist to make things click when they start unclicking.
The baddies are Tina Mukerji (by Aparna Brielle), Greta Nelso (by Carrie-Anne Moss) and a quite formidable Theodore Chips (by Guy Burnet). The “chemistry” between Emma and Theodore is hilarious.
All in all, FUBAR is slightly above average. It’s entertaining but, in our era of what is happening at the world level, CIA agents killing everyone in sight does not make a good impression.
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