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The Mallorca Files (2019– )

Bonkers but fun

[7/10 · 14 July 2020]

As others have noticed, this series makes no sense. Why would a british cop be assigned to work with a german cop solving crimes in spain, when it is quite obvious that neither actually speaks more than tourist spanish? And in addition the political backdrop of brexit makes it even more incredible.

The first few episodes are also quite painful. The female lead is certainly suffering from sunburn and all the acting is a bit wooden. But it gets better. And once it gets into its stride it is good fun. No violence. Light comedy. Light romance. Reasonably well handled intrigues. it is easy viewing without being too cliched. Admittedly this is because the entire scenario is so far-fetched, but hey - I enjoyed it.

Avenue 5 (2020–2022)

For a new comedy series I thought is was pretty good.

[7/10 · 26 January 2020]

New comedy series often take a bit of getting used to. It takes time to warm up to the characters and the style of humour. But I fell right in with this. Quite a few laugh out loud moments, for me at least. Whether it will go the distance, only time will tell but I would recommend people make their own mind up, rather than being swayed by the comments. It works for some and not for others.

Blood & Treasure (2019–2022)

Totally unbelievable and great fun.

[10/10 · 24 November 2019]

This is really one crazy series. Who knew that the tombs of Antony and Cleopatra could be used as a powerful weapon? I guess that is another secret 'they' have been keeping from us :-)

All the same, while the main premise may be a bit light, this is great fun. For sure, the pilot is a little on the cool side but the chemistry between the actors, as well as the story itself heats as the series gets going.

It has cinematic production values rarely seen in tv and the story moves too fast to worry about why they are running all over europe and north africa. And the klocations are a nice touch. It doesn't put a note wrong as far as I am concerned. As long as you can suspend your credulity for 40 minutes it is a real treat.

The Orville: The Road Not Taken (2019) Season 2, Episode 14

What can I say?

[10/10 · 9 May 2019]

I suppose 'WOW' just about sums it all up - no need to say more.

Bring on Season 3.

Private Eyes: Shadow of a Doubt (2018) Season 2, Episode 18

Probably the worst episode so far

[1/10 · 11 August 2018]

I like Private Eyes and I know they wrap up every intrigue a bit too neatly, but this time the show's producers have excelled themselves. I really thought for a moment that they were setting up the viewer and that everett and shade would suss what was going on in advance, but no. They failed to see the blinding obvious. Or maybe I am just in the minority able to see what was coming. Perhaps I shouldn't even be watching this show?

As long as they stick to comedy and happy endings it doesn't really matter whether they play fast and loose with reality but if they want to be edgy they are going to have to do a lot better than this.