Screens/Streaming

Where: Netflix
What: Series, season 2, 10 episodes, 58 mins.
When: new episodes Thursdays
Genre: Drama
Rating: NNNN (out of 5)
Why you should watch: This returning, sizzling crime series, set in 1999 Tokyo, also includes a great look inside a Japanese daily newspaper as a young American reporter, Jake Adelstein (Ansel Elgort) gets perilously close to the story as he investigates the Japanese mob, crooked politicians and more all as he tags along with grizzled cop, hard-nosed city detective Hiroto Katagiri (Ken Watanabe). The show literally picks up where it left off, in Season 1, so if you’re new to the show, go back and start at the beginning — it’s worth it. Fans will be delighted to get more of the same as Adelstein deals with anti-gaijin prejudice and stifling hierarchies within the newspaper and society itself. He negotiates the complexities of friends as sources and even subjects of his investigations. Filled with insights and actions — and cool shots of Tokyo — Tokyo Vice is a smart, stylish and satisfying series. Season 2 just started up with new episodes ending at the beginning of April.