Kat & Alfie: Redwater

I really enjoyed the scenery, the plot, the acting and all the secrets! Why isn't there another season offered on BritBox? This is a series I would purchase as a box set if it was offered.

I binged all 6 hours of this show and while it was intriguing and we'll acted, i am FURIOUS that there was no resolution of the long and twisted plot!!! Immediately after watching 6 hours of such a suspenseful and gripping drama I looked for season 2 only to discover there was none! Every story within this story was left in an unresolved cliffhanger...j HATE shows like this. Don't invest your time in watching this series... completely unsatisfying!!

I really enjoyed this series, but what happened to the final scenes? Most of the third act is missing! At first I thought maybe they finished it up on the soap opera, but no! Then I thought they must already be approved for Season 2, but no. Very disappointing. There are something like 6 story lines, including the main story line, and not ONE of them showed the resolution. I guess this is what happens when soap opera people try to do a mini-series; they don't know how to write an ending. Really a shame because it was top notch until it ended- about 40 minutes too early.

I was looking forward to Redwater and watched every episode. The story line had plenty of potential with Kat's search for a son she hasn't seen since birth, beautiful scenery of a small seaside village in Co Waterford in Ireland, full of interesting but secretive characters and quality actors. The drama unfolds over the six episodes and the series finishes on a massive cliffhanger. Will there be another series? Let's hope so.

I enjoyed the twists and turns of the dramatic plot and, while I feel that some parts are overblown and not very typical of Ireland, I warmed to the characters. Oisin Stack is excellent as the priest with his changeable emotions clearly shown on his face, Fionnuala Flanagan plays the all knowing and manipulating Granny well and the two squabbling sisters are also convincing. I don't watch Eastenders but I warmed to Kat and Alfie, who seem like two innocents in this Irish nightmare that unfolds around them.

My niggling criticism is that the ages of the Byrne family are confusing, with the younger generation seeming too old to be children of their parents. However, my main concern is that Redwater doesn't contain much humour. A big mistake, in my opinion, if BBC want it to succeed in Ireland as well as the UK. If they added in more typical Irish humour, it would make the series less dreary and more likable. Many long running crime series contain glimmers of humour and the contrast can be used to good effect. If there is to be more Redwater (and I really hope there will be), please let there be a little laughter - as in real life, especially in Ireland.

I'm hoping for a season 2 of this series. Set in Ireland with beautiful scenery and a family full of secrets and past and present joy and pains, so many lurking just under the surface. I would love them to delve deeper into the side stories, as well as the story of Kat and Alfie. So much to offer, and plenty of roads for the story lines to further twist and turn, as we see the history behind the choices and characters unfurled, and how it's affecting the present. Six episodes are not enough, bring it back. :)