Harry Wild

It's good to see Seymour in a series again. And while I enjoy a good British cozy mystery, I can't recall ever reading or watching one based in Ireland. I'm enjoying the characters of Fergus and Harry and the emerging friendship and partnership between them.

Just funny enough to watch for a while, and just annoying enough to make me stop. I'm a Jane Seymour fan, but Harry Wild is so obnoxious and irritating! As is the police commissioner (or whatever her rank/position is). I'm married to a strong, confident, successful woman, so I know how wonderful they are. Do the Harry Wild writers really have to make these characters so hard to like? I watch shows to be entertained, not to be irritated, and this show irritates me.

If you liked Miss Fisher, or Jane Seymour, you will like this show. It's fun Agatha Christie style mysteries solved by an older woman and a young man, that she meets by random. Interesting characters, great cast, and good stories. I really like it.

Time sure flies. As early as 1973, Jane Seymour had her big break as a Bond girl in "Live and Let Die". After leaving her native England, she then made herself known as the "Queen of the Mini-Series" on American TV. Among other things, by playing the lead in "Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman" for more than five years.

But now Jane Seymour is back in Europe again. In "Harry Wild", she portrays a retired English professor who discovers that she has a penchant for solving criminal cases that the police have failed at. Especially such assignments where her own son, Detective Inspector Charlie Wild, leads the investigation. That this is not always so popular in the police force doesn't come as a surprise to anyone (except for Harry Wild of course).

The result: a TV series that combines police procedures and comedy in a very entertaining mix.

It makes me want to learn Shakespeare and other books- or read them again. I'd say that is a great outcome for a show these days. Jane of course is wonderful. The supporting cast are fine too. I'd like to see more series- I hope they continue for a while.