«The Old Man» is an American drama thriller television series based on the 2017 novel The Old Man by Thomas Perry.
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- The Old Man is an American drama thriller television series.
- It was based on the 2017 novel The Old Man by Thomas Perry.
- It was developed by Jonathan E. Steinberg and Robert Levine.
- It premiered on FX on June 16, 2022.
- The first season consists of seven episodes.
- Following its premiere, the series was renewed for a second season.
- Production was halted in March 2020 due to governmental restrictions. During that time, Jeff Bridges was diagnosed then treated for non-Hodgkins lymphoma. After he recuperated, the series went back into production. Bridges referred to the return as going back after a “long weekend” on a podcast in July 2022.
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- Thomas Perry – Novelist whose book served as the inspiration for the series, Christopher Huttleston – CIA consultant, Jack Tomarchio – Former Army Judge Advocate General (JAG) Attorney, Siddiq Barmak – Subject Matter Expert on Afghan Affairs, and Deputy Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis Operations at Dept. of Homeland Security served as =
- Baba Ghor-Ghori, is a legendary saint who vanquishes demons.
- Jeff Bridges served as a Boatswain’s Mate in the United States Coast Guard (USCG), so his boat handling skills indicate professional experience.
- DCS may refer to the Director of the National Clandestine Services. Otherwise DCS refers to Defense Clandestine Services which is part of the Defense Intelligence Agency, as in the Department of Defense. Like the DCS, the National Clandestine Services (part of the Central Intelligence Agency and is under civilian control), sends out field agents to gather Human Intelligence, HUMINT, from other actors abroad, as oppose to Signals Intelligence, SIGINT (tapping phones and wireless communications), or Electronics Intelligence, ELINT (intelligences about the technology used by foreign adversaries)
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- Fort Drum – located in Upstate New York, 50 miles from the Canadian Border, Home of the US Army’s 10th Mountain Division, which specializes in warfare on alpine terrain
- JSOC – Joint Special Operations Command meaning it sits between more than one branch of the service, also known as “interservice”, which in turn falls under US Special Operations Command, or SOCOM, a “major command” of the US military. With any joint mission, a JSOC officer is named commander of any joint operation, who provides centralized control and everyone has to do what he say. JSOC only commands Special Missions Units (SMU) aka Tier One aka Elite Special Forces such as US Navy’s Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU) or SEAL (SEa Air Land) Team Six, and US Army’s 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment – Delta, or Combat Applications Group (Delta Force, or just “The Unit”). These SMUs are called in for Counterterrorism Operations. SOCOM ensures the infrastructure needed to support JSOC.
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- DGSE, or Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure (French for General Directorate for External Security) , is French Foreign Intelligence.
- K&R is short for Kidnap and Ransom.
- Shooting the series was two-thirds complete when production shut down in mid-March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Production resumed in late 2020 with three episodes remaining to film, but was soon halted when Bridges was diagnosed with lymphoma in October 2020 and departed for cancer treatment.
- The show stayed in production for a short period after his diagnosis to shoot scenes from the remaining episodes that do not feature his character.
- In September 2021, he announced his cancer was in remission. Production ultimately resumed in February 2022.
- On June 27, 2022, the series was renewed for a second season.
- In May 2023, it was reported that filming of the second season was suspended due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike.
- The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 97% approval rating with an average rating of 7.4/10, based on 59 critic reviews.
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