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As we watched the German detectives packing away it felt like the spring of hope of a resolution that had bubbled up in June 2020 was evaporating in the thankless heat.

The rest of the cast does their best to rise — or descend — to the occasion, with Sedgwick quite good in her largely thankless role as the controlling Jewish mother.

She’s a little embarrassed, struggling to explain why she would want to tackle another lonely, thankless project, but defiant too, because, clearly, this is a mission.

"I have no intention of putting myself forward to be the Prime Minister, because it's an untenable and thankless job," he says.

The vast majority of women take one look at this prescription of a life of thankless service to men and patriarchy and take a pass.