StartUp

A promising digital currency needs funding. The money available to it brings a set of problems that a working product cannot solve. StartUp follows programmer Izzy Morales, financier Nick Talman and Ronald Dacey as their interests become tied together in Miami.

Otmara Marrero, Adam Brody and Edi Gathegi make the central partnership worth watching. Martin Freeman plays FBI agent Phil Rask, whose involvement offers little comfort, and Ron Perlman joins the wider story as Wes Chandler.

Created by Ben Ketai, the series uses the language of entrepreneurship for a crime drama about compromised deals. I particularly like Ronald: Gathegi gives him intelligence and responsibilities beyond the obvious function of a criminal connection.

There are three seasons. The absence of a fourth leaves unresolved business, so this is a recommendation for the journey rather than a promise of a neatly completed story. Read my full StartUp review.