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So bad - can't even finish the first episode

posted 8 years ago by TheManInOil
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It plays like it was written by a teenage girl.

One who clearly has no idea what business execs do "Profitability is up. All I care about is profitability. It's more profitable." Yeah - super realistic dialogue there. I guess 'profit' is the only business term the writer has heard.

Normally these shows follow the model of a great detective coming in and showing the new kids what for, but this one seems to be about a mentally unbalanced lady who's fixated on a suspect she's already decided is guilty without reference to any evidence, coming in and getting in the way. But we're supposed to like her, because the show's title is her name.

Then we get this cliched character of a stripper/prostitute who inexplicably beats up on a guy who'd crush her like a bug - because grrrl.

Really bad stuff.

I'm out.

[–] GaelinW 8 years ago

Too bad. You lost out.

I don't trust people who don't like pets and I don't trust people who pets don't like.

[–] Hookpunch 8 years ago

Actually never got the idea that they wanted to make her likable, I didn't think she was or any other character except for Jamie Bambers and then he turned out unlikable.

Performances are good...but too many plot holes and coincidence in my opinion.

[–] Hookpunch 8 years ago

Agree with you on the representation of the business people....not my field but I assume they were in real estate development, but the dialogue sounded more like they were discussing finance or insurance....in fact that's what I thought it was at first.