twin-chaos

I prefer this "Meet, Marry, Murder" series over the other series of the same title with Michelle Trachtenberg. I do like that there's a combination of US and UK cases, many of which I have not previously heard about.

Many of the cases are interesting...HOWEVER, a few of the "experts" are overly dramatic and unnecessary. Why, why, why is Carolyn Canville, the journalist not speaking to the audience, but looking off sideways? It's beyond distracting and quite annoying. Also, Brian Harris, the former police officer constantly repeats himself, again very annoying. These "experts" add nothing to the show when the actual narrator is able to explain the cases in a much more reasonable tone and manner.

The concept of this series is good and the cases are definitely interesting, however the "experts" are completely unnecessary.

The concept of focusing on lesser known older cold cases that are finally solved is great. I've watched several episodes about cases I had never seen before or knew anything about.

What doesn't work are the plethora of " experts" giving a synopsis every episode. These "experts" are unnecessary when there is also a narrator. The worst offender is the forensic expert, Christine Hannah, who talks with a breathy affect as if someone punched her in the throat. I literally want to gauge my ears out every time she's on screen. The other "experts" seem to recite commentary as middle schoolers giving an oral book report, they're a bit to excited about murder.

Hopefully there will be more seasons, just without these unnecessary cast members that ruin the serious nature of the show.

This series started off strong and then went off the rails. Seasons 1 & 2 were decent...engaging storylines, beautiful scenery and good character development. The short form storytelling also worked much better than the long drawn out arcs in the later seasons. By season 3, the series began getting weird, especially with the Branch Connelly character.

By season 4, everything changed, the characters became unbearable! Walt became a righteous, obsessive, conspiracy nut who was more of a criminal than the actual criminals. Vic became an annoying, love lorn loon and idiot. Ferg became a jealous simpleton. Henry became a cyborg, talking in oddly broken english. The plot and writing became ridiculous. So much crime and corruption for a small town to only have a police force of 3 stooges, they literally created their own problems and escalated every situation.

Also, the cell phone issue drove me insane.

And...the "will they or won't they" was beyond cringey. This was supposed to be a police drama, not some 80's rom-com.