FUBAR is far from FUBAR

I tend to be fairly selective in the streaming shows I give my time to because I have so many things going on that TV time is at a premium. When I heard the basic premise for FUBAR was next door to that of True Lies (one of my favorite action movies all-time) I moved it to the top of the list. It was a good call.

FUBAR is the story of Luke Brunner (Schwarzenegger), a CIA agent who only works ops of the highest stakes. Not quite as clandestine as Omega Sector (the name of one of my Fantasy Football teams, if you doubted the authenticity of my favorites claim). He has been living the spylife behind the backs of his wife, Tally (now ex, for whom he still pines) and daughter Emma, played by a smoking hot Monica Barbaro (Phoenix of Top Gun: Maverick fame). Emma has a ton of daddy issues stemming from the fact that he was always away ‘with work’ , issues that manifest themselves by making her push herself to be perfect at everything. That drive for excellence eventually put her on a path to a successful career in…you guessed it…the CIA special ops division that just so happens to be the one Luke works for. Hilarious conflict ensues.

Teamwork makes the dreamwork

The mission that brings Emma and Luke together is fairly formulaic. Generic evildoer from Luke’s past must be stopped for reasons I have already forgotten. What are memorable is the amazing cast of characters on the side of the angels. The review of FUBAR would be super-long if I were to give them all the credit they so very much deserve. I could not in good conscience, however, complete my mission without mentioning two of them that added so much to the story as a whole. Alden and Roo, played by Travis Van Winkle and stand-up comedienne Fortune Feimster, are more brother and sister than co-workers. The chemistry between these two characters steals every scene effortlessly. I found myself rewinding to catch the plot narrative I missed while laughing. More than once.

All of this would have been enough for me to offer you FUBAR, should you choose to accept it. The deal clincher for this series are the impressively written Easter eggs that pop up along the way like little secret coded messages. I want so very much to tell all of them that I saw and would love to hear about any I missed. True to my promise I’m sworn to secrecy and shall reveal none of them, under pain of torture by a dagger-twirling Spencer Trilby.

And even though the story that put our heroes in harm’s way is nothing we haven’t seen before, the ending to this season is a nice twist and promises a second season that is not merely a repeat of the first. For that I am unabashedly optimistic. I am giving FUBAR 4/5 enthusiastically. And if you haven’t seen True Lies already, treat yourself to that beforehand. I live to serve. That’s it and that’s all.

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