Andrea Mulder-Slater

by Andrea Mulder-Slater Geoff and I were passing through the safe streets of a small town near the rural area where we live. That’s when it hit me. “If we lived in Los Angeles, we’d be dead by now.”  Geoff nodded at me from his position in the driver’s seat. He knew immediately what I was talking about. “Or we’d be kidnapped.” I continued, “Or someone would be plotting an invasion of our house. At the very least we’d have a dead body in the trunk.”  Geoff laughed. “If we lived in LA, I’d be the dead body in the trunk – and - I’d still be driving.” Here’s the thing. We’ve been watching a lot of back-to-back crime dramas on Netflix , the majority of which are set in LA. And, if our calculations are correct – going by the approximately 13,214 minutes of footage we’ve seen over the past several months – there are only 4 people still breathing in the city of angels... and two of them are buried alive. In North Hollywood. Another one bites the dust. Meanwhile,...

by Andrea Mulder-Slater Tim Roth has taken over my life.  It all began at the holidays when I noticed Geoff making frequent retreats to the bedroom with his laptop and a set of headphones. Me : Um, what are you watching? Geoff : Lie to me. Me :  I’m pregnant. Geoff : WHAT?! Me : You said I should lie to you. Geoff: Well played. Turns out that while searching for a Tim Roth movie on Netflix, Geoff had fallen victim to a television series called Lie to me .  He told me how the show was about Cal Lightman, a deception expert - played by Roth - who reads people by analyzing their micro-expressions. He further explained that the crime series was based on the real life research of a behavioral scientist called Ekman. Analyzing. Behavioural scientist. Micro-expressions. It all sounded about as exciting as disinfecting my loofah sponge. But Geoff was captivated and like a devoted addict, he invited me to give it a try.  Y’know, ju...