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I didn't know anything about this series before my wife stumbled on it on Netflix. I'm now in season 2 and watch one episode a week. The strengths of the show are the generally excellent and unforced acting, the pacing, the original, if sometimes rather far- fetched story lines, and of course the locale, St Johns, Newfoundland. Allen Hawco, as well as co-writing and co-producing the show, is one of the two main protagonists, father and son Doyle, private detectives. He's an accomplished and very good looking actor, plays the part of the son, Jake Doyle, with a nice line in comedic expression and action - there's an alertness and lightness of touch that's very appealing. His father, Malachy Doyle, Irish actor Sean McGinley, is pretty good looking too, a rather more restrained actor, with a nice line in wry asides, and the father son relationship is dealt with gentle humour and some pathos. They work really well together. Add in Jake's many love interests, first, his ex-wife (very well acted by Rachel Wilson)and then a particularly attractive policewomen , Lesley, played by Krysten Pellerin, and another rather sexy public prosecutor, and Malachy's more constant love for Rose (Lynda Boyd), the series has a backbone of developing relationships against the episodic nature of each adventure. Other characters are also well played. Des is a hapless comic foil and perhaps just too hapless/helpless for complete believability, but heck, this is crime comedy and Tinny the rebellious niece helps fill out the family dynamics.
As a somewhat jaded septuagenarian, who watches very little TV, I can thoroughly recommend this series, I've remained very impressed with the sheer entertainment value of this series, and I look forward to renewing my acquaintance with the Doyles every week. What particularly comes across to me is that the actors in the show really seem to be enjoying themselves - I suspect they would have enjoyed many good parties as the series progressed.
score 8/10
j-monro 28 July 2016
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