Saint-Pierre

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!

I see that the current rating is 8.1 which this TV show does not deserve, not by a long shot. There is nothing new here, a bunch of stereotypical writing, I kept hoping that my prime suspect from episode 1 is not going to be the one who actually did it but of course it was and when that happens, I kind of tend to lose any interest in any new episodes. It's not fun guessing 15 minutes in who did it, is it? I also had a feeling of watching Death in Paradise but then I realized that the female lead was in it (quite frankly didn't recognize her). I am not going to continue watching, but kudos to everybody who is, just not worth my time.

This show has me scratching my head, and partly at my own response to it. There's definitely something (or a few things) not quite right, but I'm not sure if it's the occasionally disastrous acting or actors (the actor who plays Arch's boss Marcus is abysmal, with one and only one facial expression in his toolbox), their inability to rise above sometimes mediocre and/or clichéd scripts, or simply bad direction. So I don't want to blame it all on the writers or actors, because direction has got to have something to do with it. And yet despite all that, I watch the show religiously every week and continue to be entertained by it. Maybe it's the earnestness of the leads, IDK, but I still enjoy it and I hope they can work out the problems for a better S2.

This show has me hooked and there have only been 4 episodes so far. The plotline of a cop/detective entering a new working environment and working with new people is something that I always enjoy watching.

In this series the two lead characters are very likeable and interesting as they both have background stories that we want to see. The stories of each episode are also very interesting and you never get bored.

I would love to see many more episodes of this show as the characters have a lot of chemistry and there is also a very fine balance of drama, action and comedy that makes it so fun to watch.

Love love the setting. Exquisite. It is the star of the show for now.

However, we are damned with the same old, stale plot line of a crime that is solved in 47 minutes. People are more sophisticated now with Netflix and British crime series that take the crime over a number of episodes. Stop the "Murder She Wrote" template and go for the more complex, like Netflix "Lincoln Lawyer" or "Mr. & Mrs. Smith". Both only an hour long but gave the viewer a story that we could sink our teeth into. Hence their success! Trust me we can handle it.

Same with the character development. Too many paper-thin tropes. The sassy female, the crooked captain, the rich villain, the newcomer with a sorry tale. All of these are fine in general, but you absolutely need to give them some depth. Make them interesting, juicy. Canada's "Family Law", for instance, their characters have some meat on the bones. Have to engage your viewer in stories with weight and characters we care about and want to know more.