thebigsee

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 would not have seen this movie except it was a last-minute spontaneous choice while on a second date with a ravishing green-eyed beauty. I appreciated the attention to detail in this film and the performances were excellent, but I have a feeling if I hadn't been innocently exchanging delicious G-rated hand, arm and leg caresses from my incredibly sexy date, I would have committed suicide watching this grim, muddy, gory, visceral, depressing film. So watch only with a woman (or man!) that is getting you hot under the collar and it will be great. And in case you're wondering, no, I didn't get lucky that night but I felt so good during that movie I could have cared less.