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Virgin River (2019)
Please make it stop!
Seasons one and two were fine. Nice scenery of the Canadian Rockies standing in for Northern California is a good way to decompress at the end of the day. From season three onwards watching becomes increasingly difficult as the series takes on a soap opera feel. So many conversations about feelings! "Do you want to talk about it?" "There's something bothering you." The pace of the show slows to a crawl. Hope's constant petty whining. Her absence through much of season 3 was a blessed relief.
As the series progresses, once normal adults turn into petty, fragile, annoying adolescents making stupid decisions and over-reacting at every turn. Everyone is quick to take offence, sullenness abounds. You settle down to watch an episode looking for escapist entertainment and get an hour of boredom alternating with bad life choices.
Whitstable Pearl (2021)
I wish I had enjoyed it more
I am five episodes in. On the plus side, this series has good acting, a pleasant seaside setting, and nice family dynamics. On the downside, the mood is slightly morose and the storylines feel flat. I am finding that is not holding my interest.
The Muppets. (2015)
A vulgar reboot of a family classic
The title says it all. The only good thing in all of this is that Jim Henson is no longer alive to see what has been done with characters he was so protective of. I simply do not understand how Hollywood works.
Agatha Raisin: As the Pig Turns (2020)
Agatha Jumps the Shark
Agatha goes from a sympathetic, fish-out-of-water character to a pompous, condescending bully who is hard to like. One wonders why her friends hang around her let alone volunteer her their time. Add to that some boring slapstick and a whole lot of clumsy sexual innuendo and this episode is a colossal loser.
Sister Boniface Mysteries (2022)
Pleasant pastoral setting; Disappointing themes
As with Father Brown, a constant stream of anachronistic political correctness injected into a mystery set in the 1950s quickly becomes irritating.
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