Irish Blood

The first scene was assinine.

Predictability followed.

The dialog between Fika and her assistsnt and with the Garda were insipid.

The scene at the wake was so predictable it was a shame.

And, of course, as with so many of today's heroine's with ever so much courage and ever so little common sense she goes to the race trackby herself at night. Really!!

More boring predictability followed in scene after scene until I finally gave up. There are better written, better directed series elsewhere.

Not sure why people are dissing on Alycia Silverstone other than they expect her to be the cute clueless girl. Guess what people, we age. Her acting style is exactly like Clueless other than the acting personality isn't (drama vs comedy). Watch Clueless again and I think you'll agree.

As for the plot, I have yet to watch a show in the last 10 years that was absolutely original whether it be comedy or SciFi.

Acting is great, writing is ok (I agree that the main character is meant to be smart but puts herself in dumb situations), scenery is beautiful though would love to see more. I always give a show the first three episodes before making a definite decision as the first two most often tend to be slow as to build the characters, but I am giving it a rating now because I'm shocked at people's reviews after just two episodes. I think Alycia Silverstone deserves a chance and I believe (or I hope rather) that we do see more of the characters of her late father and her mother.

Alicia Silverstone confidently steps into this layered interesting relatable character. Her talent brings an element of humor and intrigue. An added bonus to see beautiful picturesque Ireland. Great acting by all the actors. I love this new show and am looking forward to watching the rest of the season.

Why on earth they cast the girl from clueless, I have no idea but what could've been a decent show with a pretty decent cast is overwhelmed by the poor choice for the main character. She's hard to watch and if I wanted to watch an American in a lead role, I'd watch American tv. The scenery is beautiful, the story is OK(a little far fetched & silly) but it isn't a good mystery for me. I wish Acorn TV had better mysteries.

So if you watch this you'll have to get over the timeline. Over and over you will hear Fiona repeat. It's been 30 years, however, 30 years is not 1975 that's 50 years because she is using a present day cell phone. So someone really screwed up with the continuity on this one and it's so unnecessary. I found it to be mediocre, and a little too stereotypic and somewhat demeaning to the Irish characters.