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Reviews
One Mississippi (2015)
The fiction contains the truths we dare not speak about being human.
I wasn't sure what to expect but wow .... gritty, sad at times bitter, but always loving, touching and funny, it is really just about living and understanding and surviving the curved balls life throws at you and strangeness of human nature. To create something as great and as deeply personal as this took enormous courage, I had never heard of Tig Notaro before watching this but now have tremendous admiration for her.
Amazon deserve much recognition for bankrolling this series in these times of declining viewing figures no network broadcaster in the USA or UK would take the risk to green light this potentially controversial show. Amazon Originals have now given us some remarkable TV series including this and detective drama Bosch and allowed other quality drama such as Ripper Street to continue after it was dropped by the BBC.
The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2013)
Classic gentle nostalgic who done it, consistently good quality great actors.
I first came across this series a couple years ago and since then have looked forward to each new series and have not been disappointed every episode has hit the mark.
Craig McLachlan breaks away from his likely lad image and makes a brilliant job playing the maverick police surgeon Dr Lucien Blake. The wonderful Nadine Garner plays his housekeeper Jean Bezley to perfection. Equally brilliant is Joel Tobeck as the police inspector and former school mate of Dr Blake.
The inter play between Dr Blake and his housekeeper is major source of amusement running through the series. Both characters have back stories that put obstacles in the path of a romantic outcome. Joel Tobeck's police inspector has the tricky job of managing Dr Blake he admires Blake's brilliance but has to reign in Blake when breaks procedure and takes the investigation of at a tangent.
Watch and enjoy every episode is a gem.