Samantha Theriot

The story had potential, sadly the lead is an appalling actress. Her 'deer in the headlights' reaction to hearing her father had died, she was not believable as a violinist and watching her pretend to smoke was cringeworthy. Poorly executed script and no attention to detail. If the main story revolves around a violin atleast make sure there's some visible rosin on the violin not some squeaky clean prop that's never been played.i so hope someone takes the rough basis of this story, gets some quality actors and fix the script, I'd watch a decent remake.

This series had so much promise, great concept, strong actors, the first 2 episodes where thrilling. Episode 3 it starts going downhill, convoluted storylines that start getting a bit ridiculous. Adding to this are the boring and constant 'lesbian affair' flashbacks that take up half the show from epsiode 3 and have nothing to do with the actual story. You could remove the flashbacks and it wouldn't impact the story in any way. I'm guessing BBC hired woke LGBTQ writers, it ruins the show, I stopped watching about half way into episode 4. Big thumbs down from me !

The first season was great, as promised it consisted of people knowledgeable in survival skills, for the most part the closest you'll get to a realistic raw reality show, loved it. I''m guessing the PC police went after them because the contestants were all white males (selected as the best of the applicants in terms of skills and ability) but in today's woke society your ability doesn't carry as much weight a your diversity rating. Season 2 was a WOKE mess....for eg - obese trans woman who'd had more than one heartattack before competing and was competing to heal her trauma. She left because 'she was triggered by her own aggression' after a fright - not my words, that's the shows official reason he/him/they left. That contestant died a couple of years after of a heart attack. Listening to the mindless dribble or people competing 'to make peace with themselves, heal from trauma or find themselves because as one contestant said 'he doesn't like working' was painful to watch and not what the show was about when it started. In another season i believe a contestant with MS competed and had to be medically evacuated. This is a survival show about survival skills and mental strength in the wilderness, not a daytime talk show or Dr Phil. It even warns viewers not to try this as the contestants are experienced survivalists - ummm no that's not why they were chosen season 2. I'd give season 1 a 5/5. Season 2 is like watching some politically correct, tedious melodrama set in a forest where you find yourself secretly hoping some of them get eaten by bears or ripped apart by cougars. Another piece of great tv ruined by wokeness !!!