After watching several seasons of the Hunted UK series, my expectations were certainly realistic when approaching this one: the state surveillance capabilities were always going to be entirely simulated, and not very realistically either. But with the UK series they at least tried to make it look like a fair competition in the earlier seasons.
Hunted AU went directly into taking all the short cuts. Step outside in the back garden of a rando who let you hide out after you pled your case? Oh look, the "neighbor" saw and helpfully "called in a tip." Game over!
And don't even get me started on the sibling of a Hunter who happened to be hanging out in the countryside near a team (and their accompanying cameraman), coincidentally spotted the fugitives, and called her to turn them in.
I can accept the simulated detection of fugitives, but this series is just incredibly lazy and implausible.
Hunted AU went directly into taking all the short cuts. Step outside in the back garden of a rando who let you hide out after you pled your case? Oh look, the "neighbor" saw and helpfully "called in a tip." Game over!
And don't even get me started on the sibling of a Hunter who happened to be hanging out in the countryside near a team (and their accompanying cameraman), coincidentally spotted the fugitives, and called her to turn them in.
I can accept the simulated detection of fugitives, but this series is just incredibly lazy and implausible.