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While it may not have the magic of Miss Fishers Murder Mysteries, Ms Fishers Modern Mysteries has a easy charm all of its own. Sweet, fun and a little quirky, I hope there will be more.

I like this continuance of the Miss Fisher's Mysteries. It's fun and quirky and I love this time period. I loved the other show as well and wished they had continued it. The one gripe I have is that they have so few shows per season. So many of my favorite British and Australian series only produce 4-6 shows per season.

I found Miss. Fisher's Murder mysteries when my mom subscribed to Acorn and I immediately fell in love. When I finished season 3 I was sad but that soon changed when I found Ms. Fisher's Modern Mysteries. I enjoyed the 60's twisted and love Peregrine just as much as Phryne (who I named my cat after).

Ms. Fisher's modern Mysteries has 2 seasons.

I highly recommend if you like murder dramas with comedy, romance, and strong independent women. It can be campy once and a while but that is what makes it enjoyable in my opinion. The campy vibe allows one to escape todays reality and try to find out who the murderer is at the same time.

Love both Miss. Fisher Murder mysteries and Ms. Fisher's modern mysteries! I highly recommend both if you are looking the escape and enjoy a murder.

I hope MS. Fisher's modern mysteries get renewed for a 3rd season. It would be a shame for it to end after just two seasons.

I quite like the series with its 60s vibe and the allusions to the Avengers. Yet it also is realistic enough to show police corruption which was probably way worse then then now. Geraldine Hakewill is fantastic as the leading lady but the supportinmg cast is also a joy to watch. The storylines are original and entertaining. My only misgivings about this series is that I always get the impression that each episode is about 15 to 30 minutes too long. It's milking the stories for more than they are worth. But other than that it is fun to watch if not as groundbreaking as the original Miss Fisher series.

In line with the original series this spinoff is a welcome series full of mystery, twists, humor and quirks that make this a huge success.

I watched this show with an open mind as the trailers I saw depicted it as not my usual cup of tea. After watching the first episode I have to say that I'm glad I kept the open mind as this show is a little Aussie gem & I give it a solid 7 star rating. Lots of fun & well worth watching.

It's not Miss Fisher. It's Ms Fisher. It's clever. It has humour. It has many of Phrynies quirks just shining through. I'm very happy with the reworked series.

Ok but still I'm hoping out for series 4 of miss fisher or TV movie

I really don't get all the hostility to this show. Geraldine Hakewell is charming as Peregrine. The show never takes itself too seriously (although some of the reviewers sure seem to) and as a period piece it's a lot of fun.

...but don't use the name Fisher. This is a poor attempt to cash in on Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries well-deserved reputation.

But the storylines not as good as i had hoped, Peregrine seems to fall into place with very few hassles. Hope there will be more episodes filmed but my big hope is that Essie Davis will say yes to more seasons of the original. Such a success surely deserves a little more time for the avid fans. P.s. where is Phryne's butler of the day?

We've watched this twice already & think it's great!!! There's chemistry with the characters, 60s decor & outfits are spot on, & story lines are good. Hope they do more.

Other than a very tenuous and highly improbable familial connection with Kerry Greenwood's fictional detective, this show bears absolutely no relationship to the Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries. The producers are clearly hoping to capitalize on their earlier success, apparently without realizing that a huge part of that success was Essie Davis' elegant and spot-on portrayal of The Hon. Phryne Fisher, flapper socialite and self-styled "lady detective," plying her trade in Kerry Greenwood's well researched 1930's Melbourne.

Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries is set some 30 years later, in early 1963, as established by a reference to Valentina Tereshkova, who has not yet been chosen as the pilot of Vostok 6, but is among the final five candidates. It's a good thing we have such a specific reference, because the sets, costuming and vocabulary are bouncing around between the mid-50's and the early 70's. Without falling into a boring lecture on women's fashions, suffice it to say that anyone who actually lived through the early 1960's will find the anachronisms and lack of authenticity comical - and not in a good way. If your "hook" - the only thing that makes you stand out from all the other TV mysteries - is a specific historical setting, you had better get it right.

On its own merits, this show might have been okay - not great, but not a complete waste of time, either. But it doesn't stand on its own - it is being offered a successor to a much better show, hence the greater disappointment when it fails to measure up. The cast is lack-luster, the writing is formulaic, the stereotypes are as thick as pea soup, and all of this is further hampered by the aforementioned unsuccessful attempts to wedge it into a decade with which the writers and designers clearly have only a passing acquaintance.

I am still trying to figure out why the writers chose to name the police detective James Steed - an obvious reference to John Steed of The Avengers - when any comparison between this show and that masterpiece from the 1960's could only hurt them. But perhaps we will eventually learn that James Steed is really the heretofore unknown illegitimate child John Steed left behind after a wild Australian holiday...

Season 2 just ended and I miss Peregrin Fisher already. This show is pure fun. Peregrin's 60's outfits, makeup and hairstyles add so much color to the episodes. I've been in love with Geraldine Hakewill since the "Wanted" series. Australian TV has so many quality shows. Acorn TV is one of my favorites. I hope a 3rd installment of "Ms. Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries" is in the works. All the characters do a great job. This show is a winner!

Mostly nice, escapist entertainment.

The underlying feminist messages are, at times, a little heavily laid on (which starts with the title of the series - "MS" was not yet a common expression... perhaps until about decade later).

And quite generally, the time-related research is a little weak - there were, of course, regional differences, but most singers had a dream of going to London, or "the mother country", or the England but didn't repeatedly dream of going to the "UK" in those days. The treatment of migrants is a little unrealistic, as is their reaction. And so on...

But if we overlook the era-related errors and some all-too-convenient coincidences, there is the basis for a good show here - a little catching up to do to reach the original Miss Fisher, but okay.

I found this show before the original Miss Fisher series, so I didn't have anything to compare / be upset about. I loved every bit of it, I hope they keep it going.

I'm a sucker for crime shows with an upbeat and quirky tone, and Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries is no exception. The show manages to be fun and entertaining without glossing over the injustices commonly experienced in the 60s. The characters are interesting and have so much potential, but suffer from only having a limited number of episodes to develop.

Very entertaining. This girl is drop dead gorgeous. Watch her eyes. She has the most expressive eye reactions to any given scene. This was obvious even in her first series 'Wanted'. I am definitely a fan, completely!

The story lines really do not need to run for two hours, like stretching cheap elastic it just does not work. The orginal Miss Fisher was much tighter and the better for it.

My husband, friends, and I are all big fans of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries...the original series. We would love for there to be more, but in its absence we decided to finally check out this spinoff.

The premise is Phryne has been killed and her niece, Peregrine Fisher, finds out she has inherited her house and car. When she goes to claim her inheritance she discovers that Phryne was a member of this club called The Adventuress Club (or something). Prior she was doing these two-bit jobs (like hairdresser) and not succeeding at them. When she gets her inheritance, she looks at it as a fresh start and becomes determined to join the club...and fill her aunts shoes as an investigator. Then we meet James Steed, local police detective, who unlike Jack seems to take her meddling not just in stride but almost as a partnership.

This sets up this series formula...Murder occurs and Peregrine and James work to solve the crime and find the murderer.

The best part of this series is it is set in the 1960's with all of its crazy Mod Styles and colors...oh the colors (and I am not a big fan of the 1960's).

This is completely different than the original series. If you try not to compare it to the original and just take it as a completely different show...you might enjoy it. Episode one was intriguing...episode two really rough, but episode three is a little better.

I would recommend the show if you are a big fan of the 1960's and/or a fan of rompy and quirky female centric adventures.

My favorite character in this new series is actually detective James. He is the best part of this show!

This is really not on the spirit or feel.of Miss Fisher. Very slow, very boring. Disjointed plot. Not good at all