Claims extracted
27
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 27 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Entertainment
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Some shows are just dumb fun, and you know it as soon as you start watching them.
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you → know → them
We knew that it was fun the minute we saw someone fighting off thugs with two pieces of meat.
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someone → know → meat
An accountant wakes up in what seems like a shipping container on a freighter.
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what → wake → freighter
He’s next to someone else who claims to be the driver for the man’s boss.
uncertain
who → ’ → boss
It turns out that the accountant is actually in a trailer, and after he gives up the location of ledgers implicating his boss, Louis Hsueh (Shou Lou) reveals himself.
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Hsueh → turn → himself
It’s a secret team that works for the chairman of the National Police, and operates out of the Ching He Temple in Taipei.
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that → ’ → Taipei
They work with people on both sides of the law: police, politicians, even gangsters.
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They → work → law
Their job is to keep secrets hidden or expose people who are blackmailing others.
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who → keep → others
Their latest client is a politician whose rival posted a picture of his son surrounded by cocaine in an effort to derail his campaign.
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rival → post → campaign
In the meantime, Felix Chiang (Christopher Lee), a former gangster who now runs a gambling den, finds out his wife sank a lot of money into what turned out to be a crypto scam.
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what → run → money
But he’s also in debt up to his eyeballs, and when he goes out on a job to brandish a gun and collect a debt, he encounters Louis’ partner trying to get information out of the same guy.
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he → ’ → guy
After Louis’ partner gets shot, Louis has Felix deliver the phone to him that contains the info about the setup.
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that → shoot → setup
In the meantime, the Chairman sees camera footage of Felix escaping a throng of thugs and is impressed.
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Felix → see → thugs
What Shows Will It Remind You Of?
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It → remind → You
The Fixers is essentially an action show that has some funny chase and fight sequences, but is relatively light on story and characters.
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that → have → story
As Felix gets recruited and trained by the Ching He Temple team, he’ll be paired with Louis, who is a Lambo-driving son of a prominent political family.
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who → recruit → family
But the two will also work together well to make sure the clients that come to them are satisfied.
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that → work → them
We’ll be introduced to other Ching He fixers like Mina Shen (Regina Lei), as well as rival fixer teams.
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We → introduce → Shen
In other words, there will be more chances to see Felix battle thugs with pieces of meat, like he did in the first episode.
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he → see → episode
Will we get insight into who all of these fixers actually are?
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all → get → fixers
But we’re not counting on getting much.
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we → count → much
At least what we’ve seen so far is fun enough to keep us interested.
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seen → see → us
Christopher Lee is the standout here as Felix, just from the funny chase scene he was in when he was found to be a cheater.
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he → find → scene
The chairman and his right-hand man watches video of Felix escape being surrounded by thugs, and know they need to recruit him.
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they → watch → him
The Fixers is a show that’s fun to watch, despite not having the deeply-written characters or complex plotting.
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that → ’ → characters
Joel Keller (@joelkeller) writes about food, entertainment, parenting and tech, but he doesn’t kid himself: he’s a TV junkie.
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he → write → himself
His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, Salon, RollingStone.com, VanityFair.com, Fast Company and elsewhere.
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writing → appear → Times
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