The Wives

I actually enjoyed this! Reading the reviews on here would have put me off, but I found it very entertaining. It was a real whodunnit and it kept me guessing until the end. The ending obviously wasn't as tidy as some people would have liked but I felt it left a door open to a second series, which I'd love to see.

The scenery was beautiful and certainly added glamour to the series. I felt the characters were well written with strengths and flaws and the acting certainly wasn't the worst by any means.

The plot had twists and turns and it certainly kept me entertained.

It's a shame is has so many poor reviews because I feel it deserves better.

Avoid this series like the plague, absolutely terrible script, unfortunately the acting is even more terrible. At no time does the plot make any sense, it seems to consist of quaffing large glasses of red wine, every other comment being about sex then a big row then everyone all friends again , and so it goes on around and around.

It takes about one minute into the first episode to realise this is a must miss, it made me miss the days of the test card being screened.

Anyway that's enough of the goods points !

The only plus side to it is that as it is a channel 5 production it means it didnt come out of license fee money.

I was initially looking forward to this, not expecting too much, just wanting something to binge watch on the now darkening evenings. I like the actors and was enjoying it for the most part. I got to episode 5 and couldn't wait for the final. It was light with some twists and turns, some that were so obvious, but playing a guessing game with myself, I was so excited for the end result. Well.....that's 6 hours I won't get back, the ending was TERRIBLE, so many questions unanswered and no sense to the ending. Really wish I hadn't bothered watching, I was so frustrated 😫 I rarely review TV programmes but please don't waste your time on this one.

I watched this because I liked the premise of it. Three sisters-in-law, on holiday in Malta, turn amateur sleuths investigate the mysterious diseappearance of the fourth sister-in-law from the year before. They are aided and abetted by their niece (the disappeared sister-in-law's daughter) and eventually by the new girlfriend of the diseappeared lady, Turns out everyone has secrets (uncluding the theree wives) and a motive for wanting the disappeared lady out of the way. And who is the myterious stranger, the divorced wife meets via a dating app and how is he connected to the disappearance?

Although billed as a mystery thriller it comes across more as a comedy thriller or a black comedy. This does actually work well. The best part for me is the relationship between the three wives (making wisecracks, falling in and out with each other and bickering and getting themselves into scrapes). Although you're made to initially disike the new girlfriend you do eventually warm to her, especially with her outsiders aspect on the familys relationships and a lot of her out downs towards the others.

A similar attempt is made to create the same kind of relationship between the three brothers (the husbands) but they aren't as good actors and it doesn.t work as well,. Likewsie neither does having one of the brothers perpertually overseas and therefore neer seen.

And then there's the ending which I am going to just decribed as.......poor.

Entertaining, worth a watch.

The Morgans return to Malta for their tenth annual holiday, minus one member, Annabelle, who vanished a year ago, the three remaining wives, Beth, Natasha and Sylvie carry out their own investigation to discover what happened to her.

It's a decent six part drama series, it's not brilliant, but it's fun nonetheless. At times it verges in Soap opera, and some of the revelations are worthy of Albert Square or the cobbled Streets of Corrie, but there's something enjoyable about it.

The story is a good one, it's definitely got a level of intrigue and suspense, sure the plot is a bit zany, but it represents total escapism, nice to see a bit of sun on these cold September nights, even if Malta does look a little cold.

Nicely acted, expect the usual bunch of seasoned channel five actors, it's only a shock that Sally Lindsay isn't playing Annabelle. Jo Joyner steals the show for me, but then she always does, I am a big fan.

Give it a try, it's daft, but fun.

6/10.