I was very pleasantly surprised by this, watching it in 2023 and never heard of it before. Found it initially very enjoyable - dark, sarcastic humour, which I love.
Episode One was fine, and the wine-drinking scene at the funeral was pretty funny. However, there was a whole lot of overacting to the point of silliness, and Episode Two just deteriorated into ridiculous, noisy chaos. I actually had to stop watching in the last few minutes, or skipped ahead to catch the very end, but I'd lost interest by then. Too bad. It started out quirky and witty, and I especially enjoyed Robert Lindsay. Alison Steadman, who is wonderful generally, was too shrill for me. I just think it go a bit too OTT slapstick for me and lost points the longer it went on.
Episode One was fine, and the wine-drinking scene at the funeral was pretty funny. However, there was a whole lot of overacting to the point of silliness, and Episode Two just deteriorated into ridiculous, noisy chaos. I actually had to stop watching in the last few minutes, or skipped ahead to catch the very end, but I'd lost interest by then. Too bad. It started out quirky and witty, and I especially enjoyed Robert Lindsay. Alison Steadman, who is wonderful generally, was too shrill for me. I just think it go a bit too OTT slapstick for me and lost points the longer it went on.