NinjaKitn

I tried to watch the recent US version and found it just annoying. The lead is nowhere near as interesting and suited to the task as Audrey Fleurot.

This one, the original is engaging, fun, well cast and hits the right notes to make the premise work well. Audrey Fleurot is marvelous, I can't help thinking the role was created for her. The character is all chaos and charm. I often laugh out loud (which i don't always do watching TV comedies) at the interactions between her and her male lead, "Karadec" who, as her opposite has chosen (& was cast...?) to go subtle and introverted. It's a terrific dynamic that works really well. The attraction between the characters is fun to watch amongst all the crime cases as well. In the US version, even after seeing 2 episodes, I can't remember the male lead at all.

I'll miss watching this when it ends after Season 5 (I believe).

I've seen some other series bought by the US (from the UK mostly) that come nowhere near the level of the original. The original is pretty much always far more worth the time.

I didn't mind Season One. Wasn't super hooked in but thought it might improve and deepen. There was some humor I enjoyed. I also enjoyed the lead, it seemed to have potential. It did exactly the opposite in S2. It slid into repetitive patterns. I felt like I was watching the same scene/conflicts/schtick over and over. It decided to be shallow masquerading as profound. One or two humorous moments don't make a series. Harrison Ford has ONE NOTE: grumpy and I'm completely over it. Can't look at the hideous plastic surgery victim any more either. She really kicked it into high gear this season. Ugh. The dialogue gets incredibly pretentious. It seems to think it's clever and witty with a side of human foible but it.becomes increasingly irritatingly smug and self conscious. I've had enough. Two shows into S2, I'm out.

These actresses who have done good to superb work in the past, ought to be ashamed. They chose this. To reviewers who justify that in some way they aren't fully responsible for their part in bringing this sludge to the screen (the writing "let them down"), please see that they have, in fact accepted this gig and committed fully to the ghastly mess that it is. They knew what they were doing.

Midler has decided that if it's good enough for Diane Keaton to grossly overact in tremendously trashy movies, it's ok for her too.

Do they need to pay owed taxes?

It's mind boggling the depths that these women have sunk to. But it's not all down to the script, the directing, the premise...They ALL do some massive heavy lifting in the unmitigated cheaply horrific acting department.

I am open to light fare. Distracting, fun, superficial and meaningless movies are not something I necessarily reject out of hand. (My preferences are generally more intelligent and challenging though, in my defense). I do, however make space for dreck on occasion.

This is the kind of dreck that I can tolerate for, I think it was, 10 minutes. The writing was on the wall quite quickly, And Bette Midler's compete lack of self awareness wrote it.