Janet Vanier

Not sure why I am still struggling through new episodes. The whole premise so far is incredible, the plot reading like a fifth grader's short story. Mass shooting at a wedding but the actual target gets away, swims out to a passing yacht with her son and finds the son's girlfriend on the yacht. Oh, and the assassin was earlier supposed to kill the girlfriend but opted not to. Say what? Never sure how the characters in shows like this manage to find clothes and money to keep moving, how they keep their cell phones charged and their hair clean. Going to keep watching just to have something other than real world events and behaviour to criticize.

Just caught the last episode by chance, then had to go back and binge-watch everything up to that point. Loved the accents and the local slang - close to where I came from originally. Thought the characterizations were brilliant: Michael tough but vulnerable because he was in love; Jamie a hot-headed wannabe. The undercurrents in the plot kept me on the edge of my seat throughout. Hope there is a second season.

I have read all of Peter Robinson's books in the DCI Banks series and was looking forward to seeing them on the screen. Story lines are familiar but the casting leaves a lot to be desired. Can't relate to Banks with regards to his appearance -he was supposed to be a good looking man but the actor portraying him is not at all appealing. Too, the Annie Cabot character is just annoying in the show - miserable, moody, talking down to Banks. Can't believe the relationship between them. Winsome seems to have been cast well, though. A bit tired of the Helen Morton - "holier than thou" act, too.

Good to see that producers have stopped Mary from high-fiving the audience and then going immediately to handling food. But on today's show, (Sept. 18/24) Mary tasted her own corn concoction and then gave Andrea Buckett a taste of it on the same spoon! Yuck!

Aunt Chippie was the best part of the show. Some of the other ladies have set us older women back about 50 years. The behavior and comments were quite crude. I expected a bit more decorum from women of that age group.

Waaaaaay too much product placement. Feel like I'm watching an hour-long commercial. And yet again this season (July 2023) one, long commercial for phones, trucks, energy drinks.