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Max and Amanda were settled amongst the gorgeous scenery of Mallorca, with great chemistry amongst them, funky fun sidekicks, lots of interesting European diversity, and laughter have all been downgraded to your typical boring British mystery: This show reeks of British murder mystery tropes: two detectives with crappy background history, very creepy murder, combative home lives, typical diseases (alzeheimer, cancer and steroid) gumming up the works, and, of course, the dreary British weather. The comparisons are tragic.

I didn't recognize Amanda...she was a lovely competent British detective dealing with the dumb, albeit cute, German detective. They went out of their way to make her look so drab. And this show is drab as well. Too bad for the comparisons, I am not interested in continuing with the rest of this series.

The concept of this show was promising and as it was advertised as a "comedy," I binged it and now have mixed feelings.

Gilmore Girls and Mrs. Maisel have tons of fans. I have watched several episodes of each, but after a while, find myself screaming at the screen, "just shut the f. Up." That rapid, cute, insiders dialog between protagonists was super annoying and both shows relied heavily on that style. There is a lot of that here, but luckily the incredible dancing and behind the scenes of a pro ballet company is worth watching this show.

Having just finished watching, The Inside Man, a detective story about a crime inside a retirement home, almost every character is quirky and adorable, there is an attempt to do so here, but most are just annoying and mean (example Jake's Fish family, Crispin, the American choreographer, little Susu). I don't include Cheyenne, as her role is more diva (etoile) than quirky.

I did like that there was an attempt to infuse the Paris group with some french funkiness. The entire scene of the young ballerina Mishi spending a day with her crazy landlady was charming and a sharp contrast with Jake's elitist and creepy 45th birthday party in Manhattan.

So I"m still in a quandary of whether I liked this show or not, but for me the dancing and a few other components kept me interested and watching and I look forward to season Two.

I've watched several episodes at different times and kept going back hoping so hard to like as I am a huge Timm fan, but I gave up. This show is so boring, dark and depressing. And the animation? Too retro/stylistic to the point that all the female protagonists are drawn as wide as they are tall and look as dumpy and unsexy as possible.

I know this series is a tribute and/or guided by Batman TAS, which who doesn't love, but I remember that both Batman and Superman TAS as both retro, funny and serious as well.

This show is not. At the end of each episode, I find myself depressed, and isn't superhero stories suppose to do the opposite....take us "out of ourselves? Give us hope? Entertain us? Even make us laugh? (check out the Brave and the Bold Batman, plus the and Scooby doo collaborations.

Unfortunately, I watch, Merry Little Batman, around the same time, a show featuring Batman's son, Alfred and their cat. I found that movie funny....an inspirational, lovely holiday story with several animation styles.

I know that DC has different audiences (kids, adults, fans, and non-fans). In my opinion, Merry Little Batman is enjoyable to any level of fandom, regardless if you are a Batman fan or not. I don't find this version of Batman to be interesting to any fan.