Halifax: Retribution

I have been waiting for this series to air with great expectations. The first thing that sticks out is that the music has vocal songs throughout which if anything was the most annoying of all. The acting and scenes are uninspiring to say the least. After watching episodes 1 and 2, I will give it one more chance.

Are Australian law enforcement agencies truly as incompetent as portrayed here? Or is the stupidity limited to those who created and aired this nonsense

Rebecca and Anthony are brilliant and I cannot wait for episode 3, I have so many others glued to their screens as well!!

Okay, looks like I'm the odd one out on this, but other than the ridiculous music tracks I thought it was really, really good. I wonder if it has anything to do with not being an Aussie (I'm in US) or a matter of personal preference? I found it compelling, other than an annoying mother/daughter relationship- I wanted the daughter to get her act together and stop being a pouting, slouching child. Hint: She's not a child, old enough to hang out at bars and such.

And the music. Way, way overdone, like a music video instead of background or theme music. Either it got better or I got used to after the first couple of episodes.

I liked trying to figure out who was being targeted and why. How it compares to a real investigation didn't matter so much as the mystery our psychiatrist is trying to solve.

This is par for the course for Australia's largest commercial TV network. It's reasonably well made and acted, but the tone and approach of the script are tugging clumsily at stereotypical tropes that have been seen many times. The characterization is cliche'd, the emotions are forced, the script comes straight from a 'true crime' tabloid formula that tries to sensationalise the story, but without any real substance. Then again, in the current absence of good quality new TV drama, I guess it will have to do, if you can suspend your disbelief. 6/10