Trellismay

What a disappointment. Could barely get through the first mess of an episode. Over-produced; incoherent plot construction muddied with inane dialogue; really horrid 'music' that served only to distract further from any coherence. Loud, ugly, silly. Such a shame that Norton took this on after Happy Valley and Grantchester successes. Guardian review way off the mark on this one.

Should have read the reviews, but we didn't. We had very high hopes for this drama from Australia shown on US PBS. The cast promised to be adequate with well-known actors. The premise seemed intriguing, the city of Melbourne is certainly gorgeous. But the incessant loud, annoying, hideous "music" began with the first moment and never ever let up. It was physically impossible to engage or connect with any character development, any storyline, any anything because of the intrusive and ill-conceived sound track. We were forever muting, un-muting during the first two episodes. We were not able to follow what might have been an interesting plot and fascinating story. We gave up after two.