How to Stay Married premiered on 8 November 2018 on Network Ten. The show focuses on Greg and Em Butler, a couple who have been married for fifteen years whose lives change when Em returns to work, Greg becomes the stay-at-home parent to their daughters, Sophie and Chloe, and Greg’s brother, Brad, moves in. They are also good friends with
Read moreHouse Husbands premiered on 2 September 2012 on the Nine Network, it was also the very first show I reviewed. The Nine Network commissioned a ten-part comedy drama about the issue of changing gender roles and had the series focus on four modern families where the men are in charge of raising the children. When you watch the series, they
Read moreThe job of a season finale is to wrap up the season’s story arcs and establish new ones for the next season (if there is one). This finale did its job perfectly. The finale picks up from where we were left off with Daniel entering Heidi’s parent’s farmhouse to look for Heidi and Zoe. When he gets there, he finds
Read moreThe job of a season’s penultimate episode is to provide a springboard for the finale, I felt this episode did its job. The episode kicks off with Clara waking up in the middle of the night as she hears banging, only to discover Margie is making chicken schnitzels for her and the kids, as she’s struggling to sleep alone. Meanwhile,
Read moreNow that we’ve passed the halfway point of the season, Paul is now the main suspect and has been arrested, and Daniel is going to turn himself in for taking a bribe, where do we go from here? The episode kicks off with Clara visiting Paul in remand. Paul blames Clara for being in there, however Clara points out that
Read moreNow that we’re at the halfway point of the season, we’re getting more character development with the protagonists, a new murder suspect, and the overall mystery deepening. The episode kicks off with a teenage girl wandering around her house alone, listening to music and avoiding a dinner that has been left for her. When she sees a car pull up
Read moreNow that the pilot has come and gone, the fun can really begin with character and story arc development. The episode kicks off with Clara dreaming about Heidi setting her bed on fire, with Belinda lying next to her. When Clara wakes up, she tries to fix the smoke alarm, and her kids, Mia and Jamie, inform her that they’re
Read moreThe job of a pilot is to establish a show’s premise and characters, this pilot did its job perfectly. This year’s TV Week Previews edition described After the Verdict as being about “four jurors from various walks of life who have just handed down their decision. But after they leave the courtroom, events cause them to question if they made
Read moreHere Come the Habibs is one of the first new shows I reviewed when I launched my reviews content in 2016. It premiered on 9 February 2016, attracting controversy before it even aired its pilot. The controversy of the show’s premiere was due to the assumptions that some of the general public made about the show being racist. I said
Read moreSo far the series has explored long-term heterosexual relationships, an estranged father-son relationship, and two divorcees finding love after learning from their mistakes. This episode is the first to explore a same-sex relationship. Luke and Olly are going to the beach house to celebrate their anniversary. Olly has got some kind of romantic dinner planned with a chicken hidden in
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