I like these characters. I like that he lives on a houseboat (and is planning to stay on it -- the one thing that might have spoiled it for me would have been a reconciliation between Max and Astrid). I found Frances Barber irrelevant.
And I liked the stories. No, they may not be all that deep, but I also love Death in Paradise. I don't want a steady diet of Line of Duty, much as I enjoyed it.
I devoutly hope Acorn makes more of these. Like the one in Brighton with Jason Watkins, these slightly quirky combinations of characters give a show a little appeal of its own. But I must say I was relieved in Episode 4 when the wife of the murder victim also turned out to be black. I have nothing against mixed-race coupling, but it has so much become a given in recent series that it has lost a lot of credibility. I get very sick of box-ticking in casting.
Bring on more!
And I liked the stories. No, they may not be all that deep, but I also love Death in Paradise. I don't want a steady diet of Line of Duty, much as I enjoyed it.
I devoutly hope Acorn makes more of these. Like the one in Brighton with Jason Watkins, these slightly quirky combinations of characters give a show a little appeal of its own. But I must say I was relieved in Episode 4 when the wife of the murder victim also turned out to be black. I have nothing against mixed-race coupling, but it has so much become a given in recent series that it has lost a lot of credibility. I get very sick of box-ticking in casting.
Bring on more!