Where to begin with this one.... an over-polished and over-done production that is extremely unbelievable on every level. Sometimes the background of Sydney harbour is so fake it hurts (if you can't afford to hire an office to shoot a scene with harbour views, then don't bother).
Then there's the terrible writing.... SO many cliches; Australian detective vs British detective (the poor inexperienced Australian detective looks like a wounded teenager in every second scene and refuses to have a wine with British cop cause he isn't 'part of the team'), smart Asian cop/technician doing the computer intel work, the mother of the deceased girl constantly one upping her PR agent at every turn because she's so ruthless (as if you wouldn't have fired him by now if he is that hopeless and you are so intelligent) and awful 'foreign' accents.... I could go on and on.
The dialogue is unnatural and way too controlled, particularly in regards to the parents of the deceased girl. They have a mild disagreement involving their MURDERED daughter and then put that aside calmly and decide go out to dinner to enjoy a 'nice evening'. WHAT.
And why do they show a pub in the Sydney that supposedly does not sell pints because that's 'hipster'?! Has none of the writers of the show visited Sydney before???
But what hurts my soul the most is that the talent in this show is so good and yet the series itself is so unbelievably bad. Now that takes skill.
Then there's the terrible writing.... SO many cliches; Australian detective vs British detective (the poor inexperienced Australian detective looks like a wounded teenager in every second scene and refuses to have a wine with British cop cause he isn't 'part of the team'), smart Asian cop/technician doing the computer intel work, the mother of the deceased girl constantly one upping her PR agent at every turn because she's so ruthless (as if you wouldn't have fired him by now if he is that hopeless and you are so intelligent) and awful 'foreign' accents.... I could go on and on.
The dialogue is unnatural and way too controlled, particularly in regards to the parents of the deceased girl. They have a mild disagreement involving their MURDERED daughter and then put that aside calmly and decide go out to dinner to enjoy a 'nice evening'. WHAT.
And why do they show a pub in the Sydney that supposedly does not sell pints because that's 'hipster'?! Has none of the writers of the show visited Sydney before???
But what hurts my soul the most is that the talent in this show is so good and yet the series itself is so unbelievably bad. Now that takes skill.