I created this review just to respond to the reviewer asking about Sally. Yes, she is being played by the same actress who has played the character since the beginning. However, the priceless facial expressions that Sally is famous for are quite frankly missing in this latest installment. This is what more than likely confused the other reviewer. Best guess? Botox. It's a shame because Sally has always been my and my daughter's favorite character just because of her classic visual responses.
I gave this a 5 because my daughter and I can't stand Nick. Although Aurora began the series with revolving boyfriends, they seemed to have settled her with Martin, whom we deemed the perfect fit. We can only surmise that the actor's schedule became too overwhelmed with the increased number of season episodes required in his main series "Murdoch Mysteries," therefore could no longer commit to playing Martin. The actor is amazing, however; the only actor who could stand his own against the amazing Aurora. My daughter and I refer to Nick by a variety of "nick"names: "Mr. Bland," "Mr. Check-Him-For-A-Pulse," and "Mr. No-Personality." It's a shame that this series has decided to stick with him because he's an actor with absolutely zero range. He's the same character in every Hallmark production he appears in. This character/actor is not in any way worthy of Aurora.
Other than that, I did enjoy the mystery aspect, but it's definitely hard to overcome the poor (IMHO) addition of Nick.
