Reviews

I was pleasantly surprised at how good the first two seasons were. A light-hearted comedic and very sweet series with beautiful scenery. There are a couple of episodes in season 3 that are not horrendous but definitely not worth watching. By season 4, it feels like a completely different show. It's a melodramatic soap opera that is consistently depressing and dull. By season 4, many of the regulars have gone and many of the new additions are just atrocious, especially Orla. I'm not sure what happened to the writing by season 4 but it feels like there aren't any professional writers left by that point. I'm on season 5 and I'm really trying to complete the show but I don't think I'll make it.

I went into this with no expectations whatsoever and it was rather enjoyable. It's very much like murder She wrote or Agatha raisin, a woman with no investigative experience gets involved with solving murders. The only real drawback I see to this show is her son. I don't see what his character adds to the show, he just brings it down. He doesn't have a job, is living in his mother's house and the way he speaks to her is atrocious. Every time he appears on the show it's another cringy seen with him berating her for something or ordering her around. If there is another season, hopefully they either get rid of that character or make him more of a human being.

The first two seasons of this show are really worth watching. When I first started watching this show, I thought Lisa's parents, Barry and Sue were fantastic. Shortly into the show many of the main characters start to leave. Barry and Sue go to Spain and Sue never comes back, thankfully Barry does because he is light hearted and fun. During season 3 or 4 they get new neighbors once again and it's this horrendously annoying couple, the wife is this obnoxious flirt who almost has an affair with Dan , the husband is some kind of criminal and by season 5, many from the original cast has disappeared and it becomes a really annoying soap opera where way too much time is spent on that annoying neighbor and Lisa and Dan are constantly fighting again.

This was a pretty good show until the 4th season. Bailey, who was arrested and whose personal and professional life is an absolute disaster gets promoted? Come on, between the constant chaos in her life, the catastrophe with her brother and mother, ex-boyfriend, ex husband I could go on and on. The show was good when they acknowledged what a loser she was. Then they suddenly pretend she's on par with Janet? In one of the earlier seasons Janet said she couldn't become the sergeant because of her busy life, So she tries for it again and says the same thing? Come on! This show definitely "jumped the shark" in season 4.

After completing all the seasons of the show I have the same opinion I did watching the first season. It's extremely frustrating, It could have been one of the greatest shows ever instead it just falls short because of the ineptitude of so many characters on the show. In the first few seasons the receptionists frustrated me the most, they were just so over the top nasty and useless It was very annoying. In later seasons morwenna was the receptionist who is actually quite competent and a pleasure to watch. Then along comes the vet played by Caroline Quentin who is usually one of my favorite actresses, but the character is just as inept at her job as the first two receptionist's are at theirs. They are young girls with no experience but she is a doctor!!! She has just as much of an education as he does and yet they make her a buffoon. Overall except for a few annoying characters I really enjoyed the show and feel it's still worth watching.

I am watching the series for the second time. The first time through I watched it weekly so I missed some episodes but still enjoyed it. Now I'm binging it so it's much more enjoyable. Each story is very well done, the Wesen, are all unique and creative. The main characters are all very well acted (except for one) some are very likeable (Monroe and Rosalee) and some like Adalind is a joy to hate. The only drawback is the terrible acting job by Bitsie Tulloch. The minute I started to watch the series over again I remembered what I didn't like about it, and that was Juliette. In the first few seasons she plays Juliette like she is a very poorly behaved 4 year old. Not to mention the fact that she's supposed to be a veterinarian, a Doctor!! And she plays the character as if she doesn't even know how to open a bottle of aspirin. It is so hard to get past her acting just to enjoy the rest of the characters, after a while you learn to just kind of ignore her. Despite her the show was extremely enjoyable and well worth watching.

Quite possibly the worst movie I have ever seen. I don't even know what to say, it was just that bad. It started out very similar to a short story I enjoyed by Dean Koontz The Mercy of Snakes. This movie quickly became so farfetched it was laughable.

Update: okay so I ended up sticking with the show I'm in the middle of season 4 and it only gets worse and worse and worse. The character of Ephraim never gets better in fact it just gets worse, and I think it's a combination of poor acting and poor writing. there are some really likable characters in this and I just wish they hadn't focused on the wrong ones like Ephraim. I wish they would have focused more on Bright and Hannah, they are entertaining and fun. The show really goes off the rails in season 4 though, It becomes incredibly unbearably preachy and liberal. I don't know the specific reason the show got canceled because there are just so many. I really want to love this show, but I am having a very hard time. I'm only on season 1 episode 9 but the son is so incredibly bratty and horrible that it's very hard to get passed. I don't understand why shows do this with teenagers Yes, some teenagers are hard to take but not every teenager is horrible. I'm hoping that his personality changes as the show goes along, otherwise I won't be able to watch too much more.