Saint-Pierre

This is worth watching. The setting is great and Arch and Fitz are good characters that seem well anchored and with room to grow. The mysteries are on the cozy side, but without the main characters being ridiculous/camp, though there is a sense that things are going to get more serious.

I like that Arch is smart/capable - she holds her own and isn't dressed ridiculously. Fitz is a bit of a curious mix - in exile and aware of past decisions that were bad or questionable. He has an air of regret, but also an unwavering belief in his own instincts.

We are slowly getting to know more about the characters and I find myself wanting to know more about them. Looking forward to the rest of the season.

In Episode 2 of Saint-Pierre we get to see Bastille Day celebrations. Suddenly Arch and Fitz discover a mysterious body and much hijinx ensues. The two of them clash over their different approaches - Fitz goes by his gut and Arch cares about evidence. This ends up being entertaining to watch the two of them disagree.

Overall I've been so impressed with Josephine Jobert's acting. I'm excited to see her onscreen chemistry and friendship with Allan take shape. Saint-Pierre as a location is really neat to see and its fun to see new facets of the island in each episode. Looking forward to the next episode to see where it takes us!

SEASON 1 (3/5)

I'm very happy to finally see some nice productions taking place in the Saint-Pierre et Miquelon islands! It's such a hidden gem in the world.

The show is the formulaic detective show to watch after work we all know. It doesn't re-invent anything for the genre but gives you some entertaining investigations and a very charismatic cast, especially the main duo, Josephine Jobert and Allan Hawco, who shine in their respective roles.

The show seems to be stuck in their "crime of the week" format, each episode ends with a reveal that is supposed to make move forward an overaching story which it's nice but it's usually five minutes of it and then they barely come back to these reveals until the end of the next episode. I think the show would gain by mixing in a better way their main story and the episodic crimes.

It's a comfort show; despite the murders, Saint-Pierre never shared any heavy subjects or any very sad/difficult moments.

As someone from Saint-Pierre, I had a fun time guessing which scenes were shot in Saint-Pierre and which one was shot in Canada, but if you don't know the islands by heart like myself, the edits made everything pretty smooth.

The last episode made me excited and very intrigued about the next season, but it was a little unfair to end like that.

I like Allan Hawco and Josephine Jobert.

I like the back drop of St Pierre.

I like the bilingualism.

I want to like this show but until episode 6 it is one cliche after another.

But it really redeems itself in Episode 6! There may be hope for this show!

Up until episode 6 I thought this:

This is wIf you are a fan of cozy mysteries you will recognize every single plot of every single episode at the beginning of the show. Even the side stories are cliches. It is only the music that creates suspense.

Surely between France and Canada some writers with some creativity could be located...

Maybe send these two detectives out to comb these two countries and find a creative team capable of coming up with a plot worthy of the actors and the location.

So I got to see Saint-Pierre for the first time at an early screening in Toronto back in December and truthfully didn't even realize it was a real place at first. Who knew there was an island off the coast of Newfoundland that belongs to France! I had heard of other islands in the Carribean but had no idea we had one so close to Canada. Anyways, that really peaked my interest to see the show and so far in the first episodes its been fun to see the location!

The two main characters seem to strongly dislike each other but I'm sure that will change and I look forward to watching these two good actors bring that to life. Looking forward for more!