Hit & Miss

I think Paul Abbott is a genius. I loved Shameless UK, then Shameless US and I love Hit & Miss already. This show has a good cast and the plot is intriguing. Chloe Sevigny is always good in any role she is given. It does remind me faintly of both the Shameless series because they dealt with "in your face" social topics in a shocking way. It does deal with a lot of the same topics as the Shameless shows. I think it has the same heart. But it's also not like either one of those shows because it's shot more dramatically. Its got beautiful scenes. I am writing this review because of all of the discriminatory comments about the main protagonist being a transsexual. I think it's about time we saw a more diverse array of characters on TV shows. The world isn't black and white and we aren't just male and female.

This is not a typical series - characters are not all likable, there are no neat bows to wrap things up, and the look/feel is dark and gray.

Is it worth watching? Definitely.

The acting it top notch. The story lines are complicated and take you in unexpected directions.

Chloë Sevigny has always taken chances with her work and this show is no exception. She once again proves that she is of the top tier of actors working today. This makes me wonder - what will she do next? So if you like things that are not your typical TV drama, then watch this show. Just don't be surprised if, like the characters themselves, you end up with mixed feelings.

Although it took a while to get into the story line, ultimately I've found Hit & Miss to be a great Series. The characters are played well and leave you feeling intrigued and wondering whats going to happen next.

What I really liked about Hit & Miss was that the storyline comes across as realistic, which ultimately gained my interest in continuing to watch the series further.

So far i've seen 6 episodes and am left wondering when the rest will be released as they seem to have ended in June.

Im looking forward to the season 2... if it is ever to appear..

This has to be one of the most unusual, but spectacularly interesting drama series ever created. To call this story concept original would be an understatement, but more importantly, it was executed amazingly well. Chloë Sevigny absolutely outdid herself here, and that's saying a lot. I freely admit being a bit skeptical going in, almost passed it up, but by complete accident stumbled across a series of reviews which seemed to be ubiquitously favorable . . . so I gave it chance, and binge watched the entire 6 episodes in two evenings. If there is any chance at all of producing another series of episodes, it will be watched.

The producers of this series were clearly masochists. Why else would you cast a famous US movie actress, set the production in the rural north west of England, have the said actress play an Irish traveller (Mia) who is an assassin, and for good measure make the character trans. The logistics of making this production happen are mind boggling.

Having said all that it actually works. I enjoyed the entire series, frustrating as it was in parts. The cliff-hanger ending was possibly one of the most frustrating bits of TV I've ever watched; knowing that the second series hadn't been commissioned. It is sort of Emmerdale (British rural soap opera) meets Snatch meets the Crying Game.

Obviously the series isn't meant to be taken too seriously so I'm not going to point out the myriad of plot holes. There was just too much time taken up with shots of the countryside which got very tedious and too much time focusing Mia's family. It felt as if many of the characters in it would have been much more at home in a soap opera like Emmerdale and they were out acted by Chloe Sevigny.

I also think Chloe Sevigny portrayal of Mia is flawed. She seems more like Hayley from Coronation Street (another British soap). She is not street-wise enough to be a hit-man; someone who might be called the apex predator of the criminal underworld. I think the producers should have watched some modern LGBT cinema. For instance Mina Orfanou in Strella (2009), who plays the trans character of the title. Actually, I think Mia wouldn't last 5 minutes around Strella.

Overall episodes 1 and 2 were the most interesting, 3 to 5 just wasted too much time with John, and 6 was also good. I'd have liked to know more about the circus family.

As a bit of trivia the Butterfly scene in episode 6 is from "Branded to Kill" (1967) by Seijun Suzuki.

I hope that maybe in a few years this series gets a reboot, maybe set in America on US TV. It's too good an idea to go to waste.