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The Stranger (2020)
Great start and then splutters
The whole story looks and feels intriguing from the opening scenes. Great, I've found a show i am going to enjoy. The next two or three episodes while not as strong are still building suspense and menace. At this stage your still prepared to overlook some of the more incredulous plot twists in the interests of entertainment.
Then the bratty, spoilt kids go from being a plot irritation to a definite negative for this watcher. The show would have been better without the subplot of these pampered brats.
Overall, the incredulity band was stretched too far for me. I could list 50 examples but I'll just stick with one. The main character Adam, was supposed to a bright successful solicitor. I never saw go to work once. It is unbelievable that he would chase blackmailers, involved in Street brawls, follow leads that put him in danger and never go the police even when he had reasonable suspicion that his wife has probably met foul play.
The Kettering Incident (2016)
Given Up (Spoiler Alert)
I really wanted to enjoy The Kettering Incident. I have had a life long love affair with Tasmania and by an amazing coincidence spent some time in Kettering and Bruny Island in January 2016.
I have just watched Episode 5, three to go. So why aren't I enjoying it?
First, the good stuff. The scenery and atmosphere captures Kettering perfectly (it looks like early winter). The blue light and deep shadows invades every scene, indoors included and sets the stage for ugly events.
Now the bad stuff.
The story line and some of main characters are not credible. It seems weird that a highly educated medical specialist (Anna Macy) would mope around like a sullen teenager. Then when she meets the most normal person (the geophysicist) who may have some answers she brushes him away immediately with no explanation as to why. A horrid murder occurs and there is no Homicide team sent down from Hobart which is 30 minutes away? Moss gross on building walls and other places and no- one thinks to contact the Dept of Agriculture?
Nobody (except Fergus) is likable in this show. Everyone seems to have a chip on their shoulder and smoldering anger seems to sit on the town like a gray rain cloud. I know the creators are trying to induce "atmosphere" but it is just darn depressing to watch, the constant sad slow moving story needs to find some lighter shades.