Territory

It's Yellowstone set in the rugged outback of northern Australia! And if that sounds both fun and slightly over the top, that's exactly what it is.

I'm only a few episodes in, but it's already hitting all the marks. Rampaging bulls? Yep. Bar fights? Tick. Rampaging killer dingoes (?!) You betcha.

The cheesiness is held in place by some nice performances, particularly from the ever-reliable Anna Torv and the marvellous Robert Taylor, here playing a flabbier, viler and more misogynistic version of Kevin Costner's Yellowstone character.

The best character, though, is the scenery, which is every bit as stunning as you'd expect.

I'm looking forward to finishing this one!

This show is filled with amazing talent and the backdrop is beautiful.

The plot is believable and easy to follow but the characters are difficult to like. It wasn't until episode 5 any of them showed any sign of redemption. It was just so hard to root for anyone.

The entire premise of the show is tragedy upon tragedy. Episode 5 brings a reunion of sorts then bam... more tragedy.

There are only 6 episodes and perhaps episode 6 is what brings it all together but honestly, I was so thoroughly depressed after the 1st 5 episodes I couldn't take anymore.

There is such a lack of balance between hope and despair. It wasn't an enjoyable watch for me at all. I only stuck it out as far as I did because I'm such a fan of some of the actors and actresses.

Yes, it's going to be compared to Yellowstone. Yes, it has same over the top plots, conflicts and wacky characters. Yes, you can point to a lot of similar issues.

For me two main problems are stuff that just happens because it has to drive plot forward. Plots that make no sense. Family patriarch just decides on succession without really considering pros and cons of each option.

Second is plot holes that exist for similar reason, to drive plot forward. Station is supposed to be the size of Belgium yet is run by family (4 members initially, later expanded to a bit more) and what seems lie a skeleton crew. But of course greedy corporations try to take it away from them.

I also didn't like how everything keeps building up. Tensions rise, conflict deepen, passions get stirred... and then things gets resolved (after a fashion) within half an hour.

But it's ot a bad show, if you can look beyond that. Camera work is good, nature looks gorgeous....

If ever there was a clone of a show, this is it. This is basically Yellowstone in Australia. It is watchable, and the acting good, but wow, every has a problem and there does not appear to be a good guy. In Yellowstone you either like or hate the main character. Here, there is no way to like someone who is abusive and basically a selfish jerk. But that is my opinion. There are some twists in the plot that will keep you interested, and it is something that will hold your interest, but it does not have the quality of Yellowstone and in some places falls flat. At the end, it leaves it open for a second season but so many of the characters you liked in the show were killed off, so why would I want to watch a season two since the remaining characters are not ones that are interesting.

It is worth a look.

We really enjoyed this series. Great actors. We loved Robert Taylor in Longmeier, he makes a great western style old and crusty guy. Anna Torv is wonderful as a complex female adversary. We loved her on Fringe but didn't realize she was Australian because she dropped her accent. Same for Michael Dorman who was in For All Mankind. It's pretty amazing how U. K. and Australian/NZ actors can drop their accents and sound so American.

It's nice to have shows set in nature, rather than concrete cities and constant violence.

If you liked Yellowstone, you'll like this.

I really hope there's a season 2.