Bonjour
Je m'appelle Paul Lefebvre . I'm hooked on the The Bureau , a cerebral French spy drama on SBS. Mon Dieu, c'est incroyable . It's sex on a stick or in this case multiple USB gadgets used by the DGSE, FSB and CIA in an addictive game of alphabet soup and counterespionage. Each episode is a history lesson, counselling session and language class in French, Russian, Arabic and pigeon English. It's multi lingual, multi faceted and masterful in plot. 40 episodes screened across SBS 's On Demand service have harpooned my social life for weeks on end. Nothing comes between me and binge sessions. That was until last night, when my Smart TV played dumb, locked me out and erased my network settings. Fearing Syrian subterfuge and Putin's mob attempting to steal my bread recipe, I changed the sim card on my wi-fi device, smashed my phone, grabbed a new pay-as-you go handset and left the house. The mule dropped me at my sisterons place in Northbridge...