It touched upon sleaze, corruption, infidelity and mistrust, earning it rightful comparisons with predecessors such as House of Cards, Edge Of Darkness and the George Smiley serials.
Yet he once again provided evidence of why comparison with his predecessor does not favor him.
She later retracted the comment.At least at first, Mrs Patil is likely to suffer by comparison with her predecessor, Abdul Kalam.
Two of 10 episodes have been posted, and in comparison with their predecessor series they're awfully whiz-bang.
She was blatantly hostile to social movements and the indigenous peoples, which came as a dramatic change in comparison with her predecessor.
Christian Schwarz-Schilling, Ashdown's successor, made it clear from the outset that his approach would be light by comparison with his predecessor.
He arrived looking dull in comparison with his predecessor but departs with Vodafone in good health and having proved his critics wrong on almost every count.
As one would expect from so eloquent a leader, President Obama has brought about a marked improvement in presidential rhetoric on human rights in comparison with his predecessor.
Moreover, total employment at election time would still be about 4.5m jobs short of the pre-recession peak.But Mr Obama can always draw a favourable comparison with his predecessor.
Lancaster too is a veteran in comparison with his predecessor Johnson, who was just 38 and had zero coaching credits when appointed in 2009.
The new manager accepts that comparison with his predecessor are inevitable - even when it comes to his touchline demeanour - but he insists that focusing too much on what has gone before will be counter-productive.
