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Recipes for Love and Murder (2022)
Brokenwood Mysteries & My Life Is Murder had a perfect lovechild!
I'd skipped over this series when first advertised thinking it would be cheesy like "Agatha Raisin", but finally binged this weekend and enjoyed it tremendously! To me, "Recipes for Love and Murder" is the perfect lovechild of "Brokenwood Mysteries" and "My Life Is Murder". There's humor, melancholia, music, gorgeous scenery, and of course food, with interesting characters that simmer and sizzle in each successive episode. I'm terrible about fast forwarding through scenes that are too contrived to me, the only fast forwarding during this series was getting past the too-long intro, but I'm so charmed by this series that I couldn't deduct any stars for that minor inconvenience. I really hope there are more seasons filled with these amazing actors bringing to life the stories the series writers crafted from the original author's books, and definitely with the entire cast (sans the murderer and victims, of course). This series deserves a re-watch to pick up nuances I've missed during this first viewing. Thanks to the entire team of professionals who worked together to produce this enchanting series.
Outlier (2020)
AVOID!!!
The only sympathetic character is Elle. This might have been successful with better writing, acting, and character development. Don't waste your viewing time!
Professor T (2021)
Better than expected!
I tried watching the Danish version and couldn't get past the first episode, really didn't have great expectations for this Anglicized version, but was pleasantly surprised. It felt like "Wire in the Blood" and "Monk" had a hybrid baby. I hope it does well and produces a series 2!