Blood and Water

This is an original series, with some good writing, a crime to solve, and plenty of family melodrama. The wooden acting ruins it. Dull-voiced actors, male and female, make scene after scene painful to endure. Either a lot of bad casting decisions, or the cast needed more rehearsal and direction. Unfortunate, as the show had a lot of potential.

I rarely write reviews (who has time for that?), but I had to respond when I saw the ridiculously low rating viewers gave this truly impressive detective/cop series. The *only* kind of shows I watch are cop/detective/mystery shows, and I hate to say it but I find most of the U. S. shows in this genre unwatchable, with few exceptions. Most of the really good ones are coming out of the U. K. This show, which originates from Canada, is one of the best I have come across. The acting is (almost) universally superb, *especially* by Steph Song and Peter Outerbridge, and the backdrop of the Asian subculture is fascinating. I'm still only watching through season 1 but if the series keeps up the quality I've seen so far, this will be on my list of the best in the genre.

Although this series is placed in Canada, the actors often speak Chinese. I live hearing them speak and feel I'm getting a peek at a culture that's not familiar to me. Beautiful people, likeable characters, lots of suspense. Like many Canadian series it has a low tech feel to it, but overall quite good!

I was flipping through my Fire Stick and saw this show. Out of curiosity, I started watching. First of all (alright, it's a girl's thing) that Steph Song's skin is so bad, and Mama Xie's ring is pathetic! This show is a very low cost production but for Pete's sake, just pay attention to small stuff. Story line is utterly boring. I understand the show is trying to appeal to the Chinese, but the lead actress cannot speak any Chinese and it's painful to hear she tried so hard. Do you really think Canadian Chinese care to watch this crap? They have plenty other shows to watch. That explain why it only lasted for one season.

I've seen some bad acting before, this is one of the worst. At first I thought that it was a foreign (non-English speaking production) and the voices were dubbed in. Nope, it's how they really speak. A prior reviewer called the acting "wooden". I couldn't agree more.