Steve Underwood
I started watching this show on Netflix just last month . I love Australian shows and this has proved to be one of my favorites . I realize shows of this type must have villains and in the beginning Doris and Elizabeth prove to be most satisfactory in their roles . But I must say this . I am down to the last four shows of season three and if anything would make me stop watching this show it is the character of Regina . I absolutely hate that character and have found myself hitting the pause button and literally walking away from the screen to calm down when she is on pulling her vicious cruel and utterly vile dealings .And have even fast forwarded scenes with her in it . I used to like the character of George , but now with his relationship with Regina I am quickly coming to the conclusion that he is the most ignorant shortsighted and naive man in Australia for not seeing through Regina s underhanded and absolute self serving motives . I can only hope the producers do something to cut back on Reginas role in the show and bring in a respectable villain I can live with . I would hate to have to discontinue watching due to the character of Regina . I gave a rating of 8 merely because of Regina . Otherwise I would rate the show a 10 . The plot is excellent , except for Regina's machinations .Regina is without doubt the most disgusting villain I have ever seen in a television show . Much too despicable for the rest of the cast . Like putting Hitler in charge of a roomful of Jewish children .
nclibertarian
My wife and I find this show very entertaining, though there are often times I find myself rolling my eyes. The heroin starts of as a nun (sister) who, after several episodes in, is actually Jewish (because nothing screams JUDAISM more than a blond hair blue-eyed Aryan married to Jesus). She is the moral conscience of the show, because in today's world morality means illegally disposing of a body, contemplating abortion, having sex outside of marriage, etc. Oh, and she is a Leftist/Communist freedom fighter/activist, at a time in history when Leftists/Communists killed people by the tens of millions. The anti-Communists in this show are either dimwitted or outrageously cruel. The rest of the cast seems heavily populated with gays (perhaps an exaggeration on my part), but since the writer, Bevan Lee, is gay, well, you write what you know. Never mind that in real life gays only comprise 2.8% of the population. Everyone in the shows needs to be taught a lesson in acceptance (they do call shows like this "Programming" for a reason). It is however a very captivating show and I will no doubt continue watching.
carolmunroe-96924
I am glued to the television every day I so look forward to watching this programme then I find out it is just going to end why oh why end such a fab series, its far better than neighbours and home and away and they have been going years why is when a brilliant programme is launched they go ahead and spoil it by cutting it short very disappointed by this
h-kitchener
The first three seasons were good and rather interesting but series four descended into typical soap opera nonsense with the recurring scenes depicting the aberrant behavior of the son. Apparently, the writer(s) wish to force this nonsense on viewers and thus, destroyed any enjoyment and anticipation we had for this season's continuation of the saga. Disappointing to say the least. Is this what Australian television has come to??? Added to the blatant attempt at political correctness were the silly situations and crises each and every character seemed to be having and how they dealt with them. All in all what started out as a nice picture and story of Australia in the 1950s became more and more proselytizing for an agenda and thus rather silly in the extreme.