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Ignore the trolls here, this show is very good out of the gate. This show feels mature - as in that they've been making them for years - rather than the way many first few episodes need time to gel. This series starts off as worthy kin to the Law & Order franchise with great expectations for the coming episodes. Aden Young is the featured lead in this episode (and has top billing) and he brings forth an interesting character with depth and a hint of typically Canadian sarcasm. His partner, played by Kathleen Monroe, is fine but is definitely the second banana this time but I expect she will be the featured lead next week, on some kind of rotation or another. Tonight was 95% police procedural and that's okay. The trial side will come to the fore another day. I speculate they'll go with a variety of formats, one week mostly detective work, another week might be heavy on the trial. It's hard to say with one episode to go on but with the other featured players having only brief appearances, we'll just have to wait for more stories to play out. Fans of Schitt's Creek will recognize Ronnie (Karen Robinson) as the team's boss. The story itself is a well-written contemporary tale of crypto-investment greed with enough red herrings to keep viewers guessing. There are enough Canadian references for an international audience without being too much or too clever for us local viewers. This is definitely a quality series and while only 10 episodes will be available for its debut season, I'd rather have high quality over high volume. If they keep up this pace, I would think there will be more seasons to come.

First, this is not for purists. It's not really intended to be so if you can get past that you can concentrate on it as something else. What that something else is is a mystery and not a very good mystery. The good news is this film has great costumes, sets, locations, and good acting. However, the bad news is the writing is poor and the plot is boring and scattershot. The most annoying thing for me was Enola's constant breaking of the fourth wall. It's done way too often and it does not really add anything to the experience. The worst thing any movie does is make you not care about the protagonist. How this dull affair rated a sequel is the real mystery here. Watch if you must but prepare to be disappointed.

I hoped the second season would fix the naked idiocy of the first season. Nope. It's at least as bad, if not worse than before. Aside from the local wildlife being native to the other side of the planet, the plot holes make Swiss cheese seem solid and bubble free. Wild gaps in logic that even the dumbest characters should stumble upon if only by accident but, no, they fall into the logic sinkholes too. How can so many people act so recklessly? Like LOST, every episode creates more questions and answer none. It's very frustrating because every new thing that pops up screams WHY? Can we not make SOME sense first? Alas, this series is hopeless. It's only redeeming value is to mock it mercilessly. Too bad, though, it was a cool concept. It's just so shabbily executed.