Not realistic Season 1 was good, I'd give it a 8, then slowly the show went downhill. Things just became less realistic, and I began getting annoyed the longer I got into season 2, and then 3. Seems like the writers ran out of story, and just started making up crazy stuff.
The son and daughter of the show are complete idiots, their actions make no sense, and it really ruins the show and story. The main inflection point in the show from good to bad I think was when Mira got ratted out in court by her gypsy lover and yet she continued to have a relationship with her. After that, the whole thing with the prosecutor, and then the traffickers. She left a giant duffel bag of dirt at the prosecutor's house, then when she killed the 2 traffickers, she left the video tape at the crime scene, and the prosecutor didn't think to take the video tape either. Then it seems in under a year, she is some sort of expert giving presentations on human trafficking?
What about mom in late season 3, lying on the floor the whole day ready to give birth, I guess she just couldn't scoot over to the nearest phone, had to wait for Atti to show up.
Mark - An incredible moron, too many stupid unrealistic situations to write out, but the main one was when he started getting harassed by the gypsy contractor, his best idea was to help break out the guy from jail, the same guy that he lied in court about to keep him in jail. The same guy who just a few months prior had him held hostage, and made him and his friend pretty much fight to the death because of what, like a $50,000 debt? Mark is living the good life, instead of hiring some security with his girlfriend who's father is like a billionaire, he decides to break out that guy from jail and go into business with the guy that's harassing him, oh and of course all of this business dealing is directly tied to going against his own father's business, oh and in the end, surprise surprise, the contractor didn't abide by their deal... Is this good writing? Does it make sense? People giving out 8 and 9 stars have no problem with this?
I got bamboozled into watching this show because of it's high ratings, what a disappointment. Beware!