I can't help but feel that this could have been so much better and this, in my opinion, is down to the total miscasting of Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Alistair Petrie.
The former is too strong a character to be taken in so easily by someone who is totally unbelievable as a manipulative gigolo/gold digger.
I found their scenes just plain awkward and I found Newman just plain irritating throughout.
Without Rebekah Staton as Alice Newman, the whole thing wouldn't have got off the ground. Even the usually dour Karl Johnson has a bit of spark to him.
The premise is interesting, but it so poorly written and acted out that it is just not credible.
I think it was in episode 2, but did anybody else spot a cupboard door suddenly come open in the background of a kitchen scene.
The use of offensive language (the C word) is totally unnecessary. Is this artistic license? I don't think so.
An then there was the final episode with Chance's thoroughly offensive rant.
Really, is this what television drama has come to?
The former is too strong a character to be taken in so easily by someone who is totally unbelievable as a manipulative gigolo/gold digger.
I found their scenes just plain awkward and I found Newman just plain irritating throughout.
Without Rebekah Staton as Alice Newman, the whole thing wouldn't have got off the ground. Even the usually dour Karl Johnson has a bit of spark to him.
The premise is interesting, but it so poorly written and acted out that it is just not credible.
I think it was in episode 2, but did anybody else spot a cupboard door suddenly come open in the background of a kitchen scene.
The use of offensive language (the C word) is totally unnecessary. Is this artistic license? I don't think so.
An then there was the final episode with Chance's thoroughly offensive rant.
Really, is this what television drama has come to?