Blood and Water

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.

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 don't watch Foreign shows, as they can rather bland and boring. But I was so looking forward to watching 'Blood and Water' on Omni Television. While I didn't quite understand the plot/story line. I rather enjoyed the cast switching back and forth between two languages (Mandarin Chinese and my main language English). Found that really cool. they even did that with the commercial breaks as well, another highlight was they filmed the outdoor scenes in Vancouver. I will definitely continue watching, other foreign Canadian shows (rather it be in Chinese or French) might want to adapt to the multilingual format as well. that's what just my opinion.

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'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.