I love the animated opening of this episode. It was fun, colorful and very retro.
I really appreciate the use of married in real-life couple the PenaVegas in this series. They are both absolutely lovely and great together.
The series starts with Ally, a photographer, shooting a difficult wedding. The bride is upset before the wedding and it is partly Ally's brother, Greg's fault. He is the bride's ex-boyfriend and he showed up to the rehearsal dinner where he was quite disruptive. During the first dance the groom ends up shot and killed...enter our handsome detective Sam.
Sam gets partnered up with an older detective, Nick, under protests...because he would rather work alone. He is a big city detective from New York and has moved to this small town where he did the first impulsive thing he has ever done in his life...he bought a fixer-upper.
Greg becomes the #1 suspect in the groom, Kevin's murder. It doesn't help that he was alone at a cabin at the time of the murder.
"What's a six letter word for not innocent?"-Nick
When Ally learns that if Greg is their suspect they will not use time and resources looking for anyone else...she starts to look for the real killer herself. Her assistant is taking a course in criminology...which comes in handy. She assembles her team to figure out who-dunnit...her assistant/crime student and her best friend the actress.
Nick takes Sam to a local diner where they meet Sue, the waitress...who seems to know everything about him...welcome to a small town, Willow Haven. Sue even knew what house Sam had purchased, the real fixer upper.
"No offense, but you seem like the kind of guy who would wear a suit and tie on vacation."-Ally
For some reason this was a slow start to the series for me. Lots of still moments and a few awkward ones...our two romantic leads spend most of the series apart. I really appreciated some of the jazz and Basilian music used in the series. Also, I will note that there are some distinct color schemes in this series, in the picture perfect studio, Ally's home, the police station and Sam's home.
My favorite scene was the Thai food meal in the car for an impromptu steak-out...and great conversation.
