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Rake (2014)
Well, I love to show on Aussie, and love the US version
You know, people have almost a religious view on remakes - it's a human trait to do this - I LOVED the Swedish "Bridge" and the US "Bridge" - the remake was familiar, but in the end, it stood by itself, and while some of the changes we're unexpected/annoying, the show was great.
Likewise with Rake - It look me a few watched to get used to the Aus Rake in 2008 for me, and found the US like that too, and to expect the US Rake to be anything other than it is, is ODD... it's great, they have kept most of the really excellent sub-plots (such as the son's love life), and re-worked the crimes plot lines really quite successfully (considering how different the US legal system.
So - US viewer - watch and love, Aus viewer who can't watch this within it's context - stay away, and let the US fall in love with a wonderful character and complex plotting (as in, nice use of shelving between episodes).