Let's play 'Who's the author'? The credits say it was based on an idea by Simone Nathan and Karl Kohrab, which was developed by Michael Bennett, Yvonne Donohoe and Anna McPartlin and then written by Bennett and McPartlin.
Whatever, I'd say it was the worst recorded or mixed series I think I've encountered so far. It doesn't help that the accents of Richard Flood (Irish) and Acushla-Tara Kupe (Kiwi) (both unknowns to us) aren't particularly ear-friendly but they just don't come over at all well, making it a struggle to follow the minutiae of the plot, which involves the disappearance of a young couple and their connections to a. an Irish crime family and b. local Maoris.
Also Kupe is struggling with reconciliation with her extended family, uncle Wayne Hapi and aunt Vanessa Rare, who keep lapsing into Maori at the drop of a hat, and the mystery of the disappearance of her mother when she was young.
The identity of the murderer and the raison d'être, are somewhat far-fetched.
In the mix is stubborn Irish journalist Carolyn Bracken, who's initially a pain in the arse, but then stumbles across the Big Secret that leads us into Season Two...
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