So I just spent two days watching the whole nine episodes of this Hallmark murder-mystery mini-series. And here is my take:
1 - With the amount of scenes throughout the 9 episodes where Finch and Hailey were either drinking or eating junk food, I was quite surprised that neither of them developed. Cardiovascular disease!!! These scenes just reached a point of annoyance to be honest.
2 - I felt sorry for poor Jonas. I mean how many times Hailey blew him off or dragged him into dangerous situations. And how he put up with it all. Especially in the final episode where she kept blowing the poor guy off on their anniversayr celebration dates.
3 - Quite early on upon entry of the Clyde character I had a feeling about the guy. And it did not take me too long to correctly guess that he had something to do with Will's murder.
4 - For six episodes detective Danny Morgan (Will's brother) seemed to be a solid regular in the mini-series, but his character was abruptly dropped with no explanation after episode 6. I think he could have been written out in a better way by the writers or not even written out.
5 - In the first episode we see Hailey's mom, dad, sister and niece, but then they disappear and reappear briefly here and there. Why introduce them into the series if they are not going to remain regulars? I mean the only four regulars who appeared in all 9 episodes were Hailey, Jonas, Finch and Monty.
6 - The Hailey character was like a Swiss Army Knife. She was a former assistant DA, a psychologist and a sleuth, which seemed to stretch imagination a bit too much in my opinion. And the annoying thing was at the end of each episode as she's confronting the killer, she always tries to talk the killer down through speed psychotherapy, until lo and behold cavalery turns up in the nick of time.
Having said all that. The mini-series was entertaining.
