Giancarlo Esposito’s ‘Parish’- TV Review

Giancarlo Esposito’s defining quality as an actor is a preternatural stillness that suggests sophistication, intelligence, and unshakeable self-possession. It’s what made his most iconic character, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul’s fastidious drug-lord villain Gustavo Fring, so quietly fearsome. Gus has, in turn, set the template for many of Esposito’s subsequent roles. He has embodied the cold, amoral warlord Moff Gideon in The Mandalorian and the ruthless corporate executive Stan Edgar in The Boys. Earlier this month, in Guy Ritchie’s Netflix series The Gentlemen, he appeared as a sort of cartoon Fring—a richer, fussier meth mogul. When it comes to playing refined outlaws, Esposito has become Hollywood’s go…