One of the best TV surprises of the year so far has been DTF St. Louis, a twisty dramedy-mystery with especially strong roles for TV mainstays Jason Bateman, David Harbour, and Linda Cardellini. The creative force behind the scenes of the show is creator Steven Conrad, who has never really had a buzzy TV hit before; previous shows of his have included Patriot; Perpetual Grace, LTD; and Ultra City Smiths. I’d never heard of those, either. But certain elements of DTF St. Louis felt familiar anyway because of his work as a screenwriter – specifically from his little-seen 2005 film The Weather Man, which is currently streaming on Paramount Plus.
It’s right there in the title: Like Jason Bateman’s character on DTF, David Spritz (Nicolas Cage) is a weather man going through some midlife-crisis issues, though he’s more akin to the clumsy,
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