Make space in your diary. This coming week the Big Picture Show season begins. It will be a box set structure, involving a series of connected themes.
The US election is the first episode. The outcome - Trump or Biden - will feed into the Brexit negotiations. Covid-19 will be a constant story line.
The interactions of events will shape the finale of Season One in December. By then Micheál Martin will know if there is a halt to the pattern of bad bounces and unforeseen challenges that has dogged his term as Taoiseach.
Over the weekend a package marked 'trouble' arrived on the Fine Gael doorstep. Its significance and shelf life may become clearer in the coming week.