A Perplexing Show In Every Way
My wife and I had just finished watching the entire series of "Longmire" and "Anne With An E" and, feeling somewhat lost and bereft, we stumbled upon this show and decided to watch it.
I could go on for many paragraphs on the problems we had with this show but in summary: Incredibly predictable storylines; stereotypical, one-dimensional characters, and high-school-play quality dialogue.
The worst thing about this show were the laughably unbelievable situations that surpassed one's ability to suspend disbelief. In particular, the entire setting of the show in a small "lumberjack"mountain town in rural Northern California that also happened to be able to support a cool Portland-style artisan baking truck and a perennially packed local bar that served up gourmet-level fare. I have been to rural Northern California mountain towns and you are lucky if you can get a cheeseburger on stale bread most of the time.
Only reason I can surmise that this show had enough good ratings to be renewed is COVID-19. My theory is that people were stuck indoors and were hungry for new content. I will say that the cinematography was very good and the outdoor scenes were often beautiful but guess what -- it was all shot in British Columbia! The Coastal Range of Northern California is nowhere near as breathtaking.
I could go on for many paragraphs on the problems we had with this show but in summary: Incredibly predictable storylines; stereotypical, one-dimensional characters, and high-school-play quality dialogue.
The worst thing about this show were the laughably unbelievable situations that surpassed one's ability to suspend disbelief. In particular, the entire setting of the show in a small "lumberjack"mountain town in rural Northern California that also happened to be able to support a cool Portland-style artisan baking truck and a perennially packed local bar that served up gourmet-level fare. I have been to rural Northern California mountain towns and you are lucky if you can get a cheeseburger on stale bread most of the time.
Only reason I can surmise that this show had enough good ratings to be renewed is COVID-19. My theory is that people were stuck indoors and were hungry for new content. I will say that the cinematography was very good and the outdoor scenes were often beautiful but guess what -- it was all shot in British Columbia! The Coastal Range of Northern California is nowhere near as breathtaking.
- thebigsee
- Aug 23, 2020