It's starts with someone reporting a 40+ year old murder making Bayou's fate pretty clear from the beginning. His relationship with Leanne goes pretty much along the lines I expected it to. Traumatic, yes but nothing new or exciting there.
We know the fate of the main character early on. We're introduced to a multitude of other interesting characters too. However there are a number of times character flaws, past traumas or current conflicts are mentioned to further along the story then never brought up again. Never explored in depth which left me deeply unsatisfied.
By the time it's confirmed Bayou was indeed the one murdered, yes it was because of who we thought and the person we expected to betray him does do so, it's just so anticlimactic. No big revelation, no twist. Just empty and depressing.
Its such a strange thing, to find myself so wrapped up in each character but not actually enjoying the storyline at all. The actors and actresses are all immensely talented unfortunately the writing just didn't do them justice.
I'd have loved this as a series where we get to learn, why Leanne lived with her grandad, explore that horrendous situation. What made him send her away, when he was *shudder* What made her mother such a sociopath? What happened to the brother in Chicago? Did he ever find his dad? How did his mother come to run the blues bar? More focus on what happened to them back home after he had to run? What happened to his family, Ira, the cruel mob? Does the child know the truth?
Sooo many questions. Too many great characters and opportunities.
After waiting months to see this, I doubt I'd recommend it to anyone. Though I will be checking out other projects the actors and actresses were involved in.
We know the fate of the main character early on. We're introduced to a multitude of other interesting characters too. However there are a number of times character flaws, past traumas or current conflicts are mentioned to further along the story then never brought up again. Never explored in depth which left me deeply unsatisfied.
By the time it's confirmed Bayou was indeed the one murdered, yes it was because of who we thought and the person we expected to betray him does do so, it's just so anticlimactic. No big revelation, no twist. Just empty and depressing.
Its such a strange thing, to find myself so wrapped up in each character but not actually enjoying the storyline at all. The actors and actresses are all immensely talented unfortunately the writing just didn't do them justice.
I'd have loved this as a series where we get to learn, why Leanne lived with her grandad, explore that horrendous situation. What made him send her away, when he was *shudder* What made her mother such a sociopath? What happened to the brother in Chicago? Did he ever find his dad? How did his mother come to run the blues bar? More focus on what happened to them back home after he had to run? What happened to his family, Ira, the cruel mob? Does the child know the truth?
Sooo many questions. Too many great characters and opportunities.
After waiting months to see this, I doubt I'd recommend it to anyone. Though I will be checking out other projects the actors and actresses were involved in.