Review by mviken91

Your Friends and Neighbours isn't a bad series - but it's not a great one either. It sits firmly in the middle, with moments of potential that never fully materialize. The cast delivers excellent performances, often elevating the material beyond what it deserves. Unfortunately, the writing drags everything back down.

The show suffers from a persistent flatness. It aims for complexity but lands somewhere between cliché and emotional vacancy. Each episode seems to build toward something, yet you're consistently left with the sense that something essential is missing - a void that's hard to define, but always present. It's as if the writers wanted to say something profound about the lives of wealthy, privileged individuals, but in doing so, forgot to give the story an actual heartbeat.

The structure and pacing are competent, and the direction is serviceable. But that only makes the script's shortcomings stand out more. When strong actors are given weak material, you can almost see them struggling to bring depth to scenes that feel empty on the page.

That this show is getting a second season is... puzzling. It's hard to imagine what more can be wrung from a premise that already feels overstretched. A wasted opportunity - not without its strengths, but too shallow to recommend.