Offspring (2010–2017)
5/10
Could a lead character be that clinically neurotic and still do her job?
24 March 2021
I watched every episode. I kept waiting for Nina to get well and behave like an adult with a responsible job. Another thing..... who was responsible for dressing these characters? Especially Nina, who, in Melbourne, in summer, which is very hot, wore layers of mismatched clothes, two long sleeve tees, a great thin top over these, ( which in itself, would have been enough), and long, mismatched, thick skirts, with long boots!!!! Melbourne has great shops, the type that an Obstetrician could easily afford, and yet she dresses like a seventies student with poor taste! She does her job well, while slipping in and out of a character with a clear case of mental illness. What???? I loved the family, but as someone who grew up in the seventies, they are clearly a family who behave, dress, and have all the neurosis of that era. I don't know how Nina got through Medical School with all her problems.

However, you get attached to this family, ( in my case because they reminded of me of people I grew up with), and you want to see them through their problems to the end.

How I got through it while detesting the main character may say something about my own mental health, :) but I did.
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