The story is a good one : Nice ,regular guy " Everyman " gets a job at an Australian detention center for undocumented persons , and they show the harsh conditions and cleverly jump around in time . They do backstories of detainees interestingly mixing in multiple characters.
The protagonist is the strong silent type, a good guy who got his family into a decent single family home with a pool.
As the story unfolds they show how it is difficult for a man with a good heart and a conscious to not change amongst the misery and violence of the camp's milieu. A touching story , but the way they portray "contemporary Dad" and his role at home is frightening ! For example :
Dad arrives home one afternoon after a particularly stressful day , to find his wife stressed out and his kids running wild and screaming like deranged banshees . Instead of her shielding him from this mess he walks into , she rudely shoves one of her unruly kids into his face and announces "I'm taking a shower ". He then chases the poorly controlled kids around , and they are screaming "No" at him when he tells them to chill. He is very patient , no licks w his belt like the boomers would have gotten , he is restraining one of the boys on the couch safely , and the kid starts balling , likely apparently never having been told what to do before. The wife walks back in the room: "What the hell Are you doing ?"she is hysterical , obviously she doesn't approve of disciplining disrespectful kids , which explains why she doesn't have them under control when the poor guy gets home . "GET OUT " GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT" she screams, and he sheepishly leaves .The message this sends is frightening . That nice house he has ? Well there is today a Shortage of men to build them because boys coddled don't pursue the skilled trades , and those kids of his will likely have to live at home for free forever because mommy doesn't believe in any discipline.
It could have been a good show but , I just wonder who writes stuff that advocates parents taking abuse from 5 year olds? , willful disobedience used to be trained out of kids , and people wonder why so few men learn functional skills today ?
The other guards are fairly well cast , there is a sadistic manly female (yikes ) who steals the show w her realistic wanton misandry . Could have been an 8, looses points for PC wokeness .
Review of Stateless
