Firstly - great sound balance of dialogue and not too much music, quite hard to find these days. I'm rewatching these before sleep as find them very calming with the sound fairly level throughout most episodes.
Content-wise, I love the middle-aged lead characters of Jean, Gloria and Dom. However, whilst I normally champion cross-generational shows, this series simply didn't have room for the youngsters and it works better focussing on the over 50s. Likewise, as much as I laughed along witg Paul O'Grady on 'For the Love of Dogs', his cameo was predominantly waffle and there was barely any mystery to solve that episode. Being only 40 minute episodes, too much time is lost promoting LGBT+ subplots later in Season 1 and 2 so the crime storylines become overly simple. The ratio is much, much better in Season 3 and we also get more insight into Judith and Jeremy's quirkiness, so they become more palatable. Looking forward to Season 4.
Content-wise, I love the middle-aged lead characters of Jean, Gloria and Dom. However, whilst I normally champion cross-generational shows, this series simply didn't have room for the youngsters and it works better focussing on the over 50s. Likewise, as much as I laughed along witg Paul O'Grady on 'For the Love of Dogs', his cameo was predominantly waffle and there was barely any mystery to solve that episode. Being only 40 minute episodes, too much time is lost promoting LGBT+ subplots later in Season 1 and 2 so the crime storylines become overly simple. The ratio is much, much better in Season 3 and we also get more insight into Judith and Jeremy's quirkiness, so they become more palatable. Looking forward to Season 4.