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Originally Posted by timebug
Almost finished Series 8 of 'The Brokenwood Mysteries'. Low key series of muder mysteries set in the fictional town of Brokenwood, in New Zealand.
I class it as on a par with the John Nettles series of 'Midsomer Murders', not exactly mind blowing stuff, but a gentle amusing set of mysteries that run to an hour and a half each. Two hours when shown on terrestrial TV!
A nice (but small) ensemble cast and well plotted little stories.
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Y'know, I've liked Brokenwood--liked it a bit better when that young Maori man was in it, the one that was working with the main character's vineyard (?)--but it feels sort of...I dunno, broken lately. Not "bad," but dare I say it, boring? I keep falling asleep during them (gadzooks!) and I almost never feel compelled to go back and watch them, LOL. (Whereas, I'm current in S4 of my nth-rewatch of Midsomer, as it happens!)
I swear, if it wasn't for Mr. H's tinnitus, I'd turn the damned thing off forever. It's just...flipping hard to find anything remaining to watch. (I am looking forward, I HOPE, to trying Acorn's "Darby and Joan" and if it's awful, would somebody warn me?)
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