SJFlann

Hello Viewers -- Stick with it. Yes, the first season was somewhat ""off Broadway'". But the second season the cast and production team matured G-REAT-LY and this along with our insight into Cecil and Bella's extended family merges. The cinematography, scenery and lighting are remarkably beautiful - watch on a big screen if you're able. The research of the black-shirt era in Italy in the Art-Deco era of the 1920's is absorbing and has not been done multiple times as with other historical fiction dramas, which are set between WW I and WW II.

--That said, still love you Poirot/Anthony Horowitz, you showed us how it's done. We hope Hotel Portofino get the green light for six seasons...then maybe a movie?

Okay the ship is cool...but flashbacks are filler material after a certain point. We don't need to keep seeing the car blow up. Yes there's lots of eye-candy and some of the cast members are likeable - a story must have that. But too many cast memebers are annoying. Us viewers have enough of those people in our life. ----Filler here to hit the minimum character limit --It's good that dogs and children are not harmed or involved in the making of this series as yes it's adult content.---- Still, the best angle so far was the Ukrainian refugees. Yes...when one sits in the "'room of writing"' one can get stuck. But having a mysterious "'one armed man"' ---as in the original series the Fugitive ---isn't going to fly for long in this show w/ gratuitious sex filler. Viktor Sams is your one-armed man. Better get new writing in place otherwise...you've hit an iceberg and your viewers will be gone before that happens.

A terrific romantic comedy -The R rating implies one should have a grown-up brain & be able to accept light nudity and playful/sexy banter. We know not everybody is in that place, so parents of young teens could get squirmy. The witty dialogue was, yes, saucy at times, but that was the point --they could banter!! The chemistry of the cast is great and it overcomes that concern. My husband and I laughed throughout and enjoyed being hopeful for the young couple. Aaaaand the eye-candy was delightful. The beauty of the location in Sydney Australia is great. I just wish when the Ben referred to his night in the water in the Cayman Islands he would have had a throw-away line like "Never doin' that again--" Overall, Shakespeare would have approved seeing new life springing forth from one of his favorite comedies. Thank you Cast, crew and writers.