Neumatt

I started watching this to help my Swiss-German (as a Brit living in Zurich) and it had me hooked from the outset. Brilliant story, great acting and I can't wait for the next season.

The first few episodes are pretty good, but halfway through the season, you realize they are going to stretch out the plot that's been already exhausted into 8 episodes and that's when it gets downhill. The character development was also questionable and some decisions that were made often didn't result from the character arc, so it was very disappointing to see the plot go some ways where you know that the character is going against his character arc. Some characters were too flat and one-dimensional and their decisions were again not backed by anything and it all looks like wishful story writing with some cringe scenes.

By the end of it, I couldn't wait for it to finish.

I very much enjoyed this Swiss series. The story of the young man Michi caught between his upscale life as a consultant and his family down on the farm causes him distress in his loyalties. Throw in that that he's an initially closeted gay man adds to his anxiety. Lead character Michi is at times a good guy; at times the bad guy. He loves and hurts the people he cares about. His mother, sister, brother & grandmother all figure prominently with their own stories.

It is well acted, and well produced.

I binge watched this great show in two days, not expecting much, but getting a truly great series with a solid cast, great story line and even more amazing characters. Wonderful to watch and cant wait for the next season!

Found this series to be somewhat un-easy to watch because I could'nt make my mind up about the character, Katharina, I think has the episodes go by you finally you do realize, things are not as they seem ,and as a viewer I think everyone will have a different opinion of her. I was just surprised she got slapped in the face only once ( based on her character, I stress again ).

The actual plot is brilliant, the acting is good and well worth watching the 8 episodes. I can see why some reviews have considered the ending a little disappointing, but hopefully there will be a second series, because it seemed unfinished.

Overall this series for me was an easy watch, not complicated, only rated it 7/10 because sometimes you just felt they could have just come out with some obvious questions and statements rather then drag it out, but like what i have said, still plenty of scope for a second series.