typhoon74

It's a bit stereotypic, which is pretty obvious from the first few episodes. You can see where this is going. Perhaps not a surprise since its created by (angry?) women who wants to make a statement?

The show is good, the acting is good, the characters are interesting and well played.

One thing is terrible though; the typical issues when making a show about sports. The scenes when they play tennis...why didnt they just skip those? Its terrible! It looks like a bunch of amateurs playing, with a cheering crowd which would have booooed for much less. If these were the ones qualifying for the grand slams, this show would be a total disaster.

Watch it though, and forget about tennis scenes.

Not very original, and not weird to fall in love at first sight when you're scared, inexperienced, just turned 20 and going on your first international flight - where you pretty much fall in love with everyone who seem like a friendly creature.

The characters doesnt even seem to be in love. Perhaps its because of the poor material they have been given. Will they end up or break up? Well, you decide...

A cliche movie which you've probably seen a 100 times already. But its cute on a hungover Sunday, if you got nothing else to do. Dont forget popcorn and cleenex, if you're above average on the sentimental scale.

The casting in this show is really good. I had to go back to the original documentary and compare and I doubt they could have done a better job with casting and the acting than what they did in this HBO series.

Colin Firth does a great job in acting itself, but if you have seen the documentary, you might agree that he makes Mike Peterson look much more "normal" than he actually is. The way I "know" Mike Peterson, I cant believe a word that is coming out of his mouth. He always seem to put on a show, with his body language, facial expressions and so on. I just have a hard time trusting him. I am sure he is a loving father and a grand father, and his family really loves him (except the obvious ones). But seen from the outside, its really hard to trust that guy. This is just my observations of course, and people read people in different ways. But if I was to decide whether he is guilty or not, just based on his character, I would find him guilty.

No matter how much I try to see this as an accident, I just cant get it to work. That scene at the bottom of the stairs looks like someone had been butchered, not someone falling down the stairs, hitting their head and someone trying to help. Even his 911 call seem weird, to say the least. The sad thing is that the truth is lost, no matter what. Only one person know the truth and he is not likely to admit anything. If he is guilty.