Frayed

I am a person who cringes at Kath and Kim and I really didn't really like The Castle. But I think Frayed is great. It is crass but it has laugh out loud moments. And I have just found out that the script writer is the main actor just before watching episode three. Which is a great achievement. And I really care about Kerry Armstrong's character. I think it is excellent Australian television.

Just had to contradict the people who just don't get it. Best thing I've watched this year. A laugh out loud work of art. Next...

This. I had tried to watch it a while ago and turned it off about 10 minutes in well I watched 4 episodes last night and then the 5th wouldn't play. There is a lot of unnecessary stupid humour( especially when Jim and Sam fight) but then there's some really funny stuff. I saw the actor who plays Jim in another Australian series recently and He's a great actor( funny as heck) and I really like the actress who plays the mother tho she looks too young to have kids their ages. Any ways reminds me of something Waller Bridge would write. I loved Catastrophe and that's why I decided to give it another go. Glad I did. Wish their was more than 6 episodes.

First, the cell phone story... you know the one. Cell phones in 1989 were enormous, and that story with her husband cracked me up. This has everything I love about Australian comedies. Diane Morgan always makes me laugh. Some of her lines are so crazy.

Gutted there were only 6 episodes of this, to be fair to some of the people who have given it low ratings based on the 1st show, it does get better the deeper you get into it, once the characters have landed in Australia you see different sides to them and I liked that the storylines focus on not just the 3 original members of the family but also the extended family and friends based in Australia. Everyone has their own story to tell and is experiencing some kind of traumatic life event in some way. The humour isn't laugh out loud jokes and simplistic misunderstandings or wordplay but based around a sense of awkwardness and a sense of real life situations and interactions between the characters, which makes them even more engaging. The ending leaves a mass of loose ends so I really hope a second season is commissioned soon!