This drama goes on WAY too long, with far too many characters and subplots. Although there is some outstanding acting (Sam Neill as always, Brooke Satchwell a real surprise, and the guy who plays the horrible Jamie), it's not enough to carry this show over the line.
If they had made the characters have far more interesting lives, or at least cut down the number of subplots, they could have done a lot more. Some of the sub stories are quite interesting and you actually do want to find out the end result, but the silly developing romances - young and old - are ridiculous and make the show seem more like a soap opera than a drama!
The worst part about it is how ridiculously woke the whole thing is - it completely wrecks the show for me because I despise having minority causes shoved down my throat. I watch TV as an escape from all the rubbish in the news, from all the causes-of-the-day and from being constantly told what to say and how to think. I don't like having it so blatantly paraded in front of me during an Australian television series - I thought us Aussies were better than that.
I'm only hanging in there for the finale where, I assume, there will be a verdict! Or, better still, a proper wrap up to all of the random plot lines!
If they had made the characters have far more interesting lives, or at least cut down the number of subplots, they could have done a lot more. Some of the sub stories are quite interesting and you actually do want to find out the end result, but the silly developing romances - young and old - are ridiculous and make the show seem more like a soap opera than a drama!
The worst part about it is how ridiculously woke the whole thing is - it completely wrecks the show for me because I despise having minority causes shoved down my throat. I watch TV as an escape from all the rubbish in the news, from all the causes-of-the-day and from being constantly told what to say and how to think. I don't like having it so blatantly paraded in front of me during an Australian television series - I thought us Aussies were better than that.
I'm only hanging in there for the finale where, I assume, there will be a verdict! Or, better still, a proper wrap up to all of the random plot lines!