The single most important thing you need to know about this series is that it was a corporate idea. This is not merely your humble scribe talking. If you take the time to review the PR releases on the show, you will see that the producers actually boast about how a couple of corporations got together and decided to produce a comedy/drama out of Australia based on a Chicago hood who is on the run from the mob, and pretends to be a Reverend. Think "Ozark in the Outback." The second most important thing you need to know about the show is that the first key scene is stolen from BANSHEE. Maybe I am a little biased about that, because I have done over 2000 reviews here. And BANSHEE remains my all-time favorite series. So, I am thinking, if you are going to the trouble to steal from the very best, the result had better be worth it. And that is where we get bogged down with Irreverent. The production values are solid, the casting is good, and everyone does exactly what they are supposed to do. But at the end of the day that may not be enough. Because it is a fundamental principle of story-telling that comedy and drama do not mix well. Only a handful of creators, in the history of TV, have been able to pull that stunt off. And, respectfully, the "corporate auteurs" behind this show may discover they have bitten off more than they can chew. ((Designated "IMDb Top Reviewer." Please check out my list "167+ Nearly-Perfect Movies (with the occasional Anime or TV miniseries) you can/should see again and again (1932 to the present))
Review of Irreverent
