The Unusual Suspects

When I glanced at the promo picture I thought this was a remake of the fantastic The Usual Suspects. If you've ever seen The Hustle, you know what a hideous idea that would be. But this little Aussie gem, now available on Hulu, is a lot of fun. It bounces around like crazy with lots of twists and turns. Recommended!

I'm ashamed - I was 3/4 through the first episode before I thought - hey this is OK. I then binged the whole four episodes and then re-watched them a week later. This was good. Not perfect - but pretty great. (Thank you to Miranda and Peter doing the obligatory advertising on The Project) - because I may never have sought it out on streaming.

What a good surprise this show was. At times is reminded me of big little lies. Good acting and story. What's great is it's only 4 episodes so it goes by fast. Great Australian show.

I was so excited to watch this, I love Miranda Otto and I want to support an all female lead but this is not great and I have no idea how it received so many 10 star ratings, could it be friends of the the crew/cast/network trying to bump the score?

Let's start with the Filipino stereotypes. Between the gold digging Filipino wife and the Filipino servants (mind you, one is wearing an actual uniform) this feels borderline racist. Don't even get me started on the poor little rich girl who is sent from Philippines to work as a cleaner. Miranda Ottos character is so overacted at times it pains me to watch her. Cue the evil mother in law, the philandering husbands...

The story has more plot holes than Swiss cheese, the viewer this needs to be as drunk as Sara to overlook them.

This wasn't a drama, this wasn't dark enough to be a noir, this wasn't remotely funny, so what genre was this? I think it could have swung a little more in any of those directions and achieved a far greater story.

There were some rather well placed flashback scenes but overall 80% of the show I found almost too cringe worthy to watch.

SBS has put together some really big names of Australia TV and film for this crime heist comedy that adds a layer to the story that makes it stand out from the many tv shows already in this space. They also avoided diving too deep into some of the sub themes like Asian Australians who work to send money to their overseas home, Wealthy vs working class but they allow these to exist as context to the plot.