Category Archives: Reviews

Behind the Reviews – Edition #18 (Playing for Keeps)

Playing for Keeps premiered on 19 September 2018 on Network Ten and focuses on the wives and girlfriends (WAGs) of the players of the fictional AFL club, the Southern Jets. The show specifically focused on five WAGs: Kath, the coach’s wife, Maddy, the wife of a former player/coaching staff member, Tahlia, the captain’s girlfriend, Jessie, the wife of the current

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Behind the Reviews – Edition #17 (My Life Is Murder)

My Life Is Murder premiered on Network Ten on 17 July 2019 and “follows the adventures of fearless private investigator, Alexa Crowe (Lucy Lawless), who solves the most baffling crimes, as well as coping with the frustrations of everyday life.” The first season established the premise and characters of the show – the star, Alexa, a former cop turned police

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My Life Is Murder – Season 3 Finale (Rising Angel)

The job of a season finale is to close off the season’s story arcs and establish arcs for the next season (if there is one). As I mentioned in my review of the season premiere, My Life Is Murder is generally self-contained and there aren’t any story arcs, so this job doesn’t apply to them, but the season was brought

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My Life Is Murder – Season 3, Episode 9 (Staying Mum)

This episode is all about school and gossip, but not from the kids. The episode kicks off on a humorous note, with Alexa walking through the park and discovering “Wanted” posters on trees with a picture of Chowder on them. She rips them down and goes to meet Harry to briefed on the case of the week – Richie Garth,

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My Life Is Murder – Season 3, Episode 8 (Gaslight Sonata)

This was the best episode of the season so far. The episode kicks off with Alexa injuring her foot after playing hopscotch with a couple of little girls that were being hassled by a busker. This leads to Alexa’s foot being put in a moonboot and on order from her doctor to stay off her foot for a week, not

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My Life Is Murder – Season 3, Episode 7 (Breaking Bread)

As you could guess from the episode’s title, this one is all about bread. The episode kicks off with Alexa walking into Reuben’s Café when she sees Madison and Reuben watching a video on Madison’s laptop, which Madison hastily shuts as soon as Alexa sees them. When Alexa tells them to show her the video, it’s of an influencer, Briar

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My Life Is Murder – Season 3, Episode 6 (Bride to Bee)

This episode is all about weddings and money. The case of the week revolves around the death of Leah Howell, a florist with a severe bee allergy who died after being stung by a bee as she was walking down the aisle at her own wedding. The bee was found inside her bridal bouquet. Leah developed adult-onset anaphylaxis when she

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