'Counterpart': The men in the show are reverential and dutiful, and not bad examples of the kind we need in the 21st century
None of these men have shown signs of discrimination, but they let their work define the characters they play
When it comes to STARZ's sci-fi thriller, 'Counterpart', you are your biggest enemy, and that means you basically cannot be judged more by anyone else other than yourself. This is what the men in the Justin Marks-created show convey.
Starring J.K. Simmons as Howard Silk, Harry Lloyd as Peter Quayle, Nicholas Pinnock as Ian Shaw, and James Cromwell as Yanek, the men in the show do not play a pivotal role in the story. Instead, the show has completely done away with the toxic male protagonists we are so familiar with and has presented to us these four men who, in a way, are probably a more suitable representation for the 21st century.