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Ignore the poor reviews. This is clever comedy with some substance to it. I'm pretty confident the main reason for people giving 1's and 2's are men who don't like a woman explaining science and basic psychology to them. If a man wrote and starred in this I'm sure it would've done much better.

It's wacky, silly irreverent fun but with a bit of depth to it. Sure it's got Pascoe being herself but it's more than that. She hits on ideals, tradition and what it is to be human and what society expects of women. Not much on TV tries to deal with any of this - it's good to see.

It also shows Pascoe looking inward at herself and realising the ideals and expectations she has of others are particularly flawed. She accepts she is wrong about some things and wants to learn. She's not perfect but neither is anyone else. And sometimes the majority of people can value the wrong things but never realise it.

Really not sure why so many bitter, strange people have been so volatile in their negative reviews. It's hardly offensive or controversial unless you think a show which tackles modern ideals about sex, gender, marriage, love, loneliness, family and depression to be exactly that.

The film made far less sense. No spoilers, but that movie had so many holes in it you could drain lettuce with that thing.

This show is only a few episodes old. The premise is fine: bringing a homicide detective from the back to investigate a murder for the rich makes sense. It absolutely does. Think about it:

The rich on board - why would there be a detective there? There might be, but all the crew would ever need is security. Grunts paid not to think, just be hired muscle. No need for a detective. The poor climbing on board is somewhat odd. I get why they'd try (certain death otherwise) but the fact they all weren't thrown off is surprising. Perhaps there is an ulterior motive for them? We all know homelessness/poverty is something capitalism promotes as it further entrenches this idea of meritocracy and valuation of success by comparison. The poor is a mix of people from different backgrounds - more likely to have labourers in the back of the train compared with the mega rich in the front. No cure for global warming but managed to create a perpetual motion train with an around the world track. I'd like more information on this. Hopefully we get it in future episodes. The effects are great and it looks the part. Everyone who is saying the lead actor isn't good enough... What a surprise he's a black guy, huh? HE'S ABSOLUTELY FINE. He's not a bad actor. If anything the writing is a bit restrictive. He may be a bit theatrical for some but it doesn't mean he is a poor actor by any means. If he was white he'd be seen as 'energetic' and 'a break from all those wooden, brooding actors!'

It needs more time before we can properly judge it but it's something that probably be given the benefit of the doubt up till now. Those saying they turned off after the first episode.. I'd advise those people on working on getting a better attention span.