A Remarkable Place to Die

I am always looking for a new show that holds my attention and makes me want more when I'm up to date on my watching, and was delighted to find this show. So many times, I watch two or three episodes and I'm bored. That didn't happen with this show. The New Zealand landscape is breathtaking. The characters are well filled out. This show fits the bill. Spectacular cast and very good story line. Hopefully many more seasons to come. I think they have a winner here. Chelsie Preston Crayford was unknown to me, and she is really spectacular in this role. Matt Whelan is great as her partner. There's not a character on this show that was poorly cast. Thank you for this.

This series is extremely slow to catch on to and the beginning of it hard to get the plot line. First of all, it's surprising that Queenstown has so many murders in just a small town in the middle of New Zealand. Then its obvious what the overall plot line is in the second episode and the third is finally a good well worth watching whole episode. The final episode ties up some of the very very loose ends and is quite gripping in places but spoiled at the very end when there is really no completion and "sewing up" of the overall plot. Also no aftermath, no real cliffhanger to lead on to another series. Not a complete waste of time if nothing else to do but not one to watch if you want real drama and plot line like I think only the Brits and Aussies can do.

We're enjoying the show very much. The lead characters build and fall into jovial, professional and sometimes quirky relationships. Two mysteries build. One quickly, one long term. It has a thread running through it that holds your attention well. AcornTV only has the first two episodes available. We need the other two. Nice range of established NZ actors from 800 Words, Under the Vines, Brokenwood, and My Life is Murder. New Zealand's South Island is just exquisite, it becomes another character in the show. I like the 90 minutes episode format, it gives a lot of time to build for the storyline of the episode and the running thread. I will look out for the next lot of episodes to be released.

I really enjoyed this show for the most part. My biggest complaint is they make Mallory into an idiot. She makes choices, and And says things that only make her look incompetent. She loses her temper constantly. And she is obsessive about things that make her again look like a bad cop and that she has no business on this case.

The scenery is unbelievably beautiful. And it truly makes me want to go to New Zealand. All the other actors are great. I've seen them multiple times from the series the Brokenwood mysteries.

Everyone else is excellent. I think if the show gets a second season and the crime is not personal then Mallory could be a better character.

I enjoyed the first episode very much. The New Zealand scenery is a huge bonus and the South Island of such great beauty, it adds to the atmosphere. I enjoy seeing different actors rather than the UK and USA actors I so often watch. I have seen Ms. Gibney in other series and she is always a great addition . There was a mystery to solve but also an ongoing one that will tie things and people to the plot line. And no car chases at least not yet. I certainly will continue with season one as it becomes available and hope for more. Chelsie Preston Crawford is most convincing in the role of Anais Mallory.