Hit & Miss

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.

It's a great show, with a beautiful backdrop of the British nature. The countryside setting makes this show even more spectacular. I love the fact that the trans gender topic is included in this drama, it will give you an in depth view of how it is to live as a trans gender in Britain today. This is not our typical British drama, its an enjoyable experience with a great story. Chloe plays the role very well, but also the children are great actors. I strongly believe this show is worth so much more than just 3 reviews. it's just a prefect drama with a lot of good elements. The cliffhangers definitely keeps you watching... I am eagerly awaiting a release of the season 2.

One of the users said that the people writing excellent reviews are biased because they're not heterosexual and are just giving it good reviews because of the nature of Chloe's character. Well I'm a heterosexual female and I enjoyed this series.

Yes I do agree with some users that a lot of the characters are not likable. I especially don't like the snippy attitudes of Riley and Liam. But well you wouldn't expect teenagers that grew up like that to be nice and sweet anyway. I just wish that their characters developed more through out the episodes and started warming up to Mia and stopped being so rebellious all the time.

I hope this show gets a second season

I think this show is amazing and surprised me in so many ways. I have many friends from all walks of life and though I am straight, I was intrigued by the script and the roles of the actors. I do not find the ratings biased as I know many straight folks such as myself that were also drawn in by the characters and script. I must admit I wanted to reach through the screen and knock a few of the characters out in the beginning of the first few episodes but this is partly what drew me in and I am assuming this was the writer's intention. knowing that Chloe was the main character is what initially brought my attention to the show; the fact that she was trans-gender just drew me in more. I wanted to see if the show could be believable, and to me it was. Great actors, great acting and very gritty story line. I really enjoyed this show and hope there are more episodes. There are so many tasteless shows on T.V. these days with horrendous acting/actors. it's time people open their minds a little bit. This doesn't mean you have to change who you are but this is a great show, very real, very gutsy

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.