This series was at least 3, if not 5, episodes too long. They started doing flashback after flashback to a huge extent, and it was, frankly, boring. I can only see that being useful if you were comatose during the first 10 episodes.

The second male lead was a superb actor -- very believable, fully realized, acted like an adult with brains and character the whole series. I did not care for the main lead male - there was more fist thumping and shouting than acting. Female lead overwhelmingly "Perils of Pauline" , bouncing between happy then desolated like a rabbit on hot pavement. I also thought her acting was mediocre - she's cute, no doubt, but brought no depth to her character. I think the hairdresser needs to be sent to actual hairdresser college for the second female - who looked like a drowned rat for 90% of her time on screen, and rhe acting seemed forced, but not grimly so. I hope the problem was more with the script and directing because it seemed like the actors were reined into stereotypes, excluding 2nd male. It was nice, however, to see a female character written to show actual marketable talent.

Near miss on the Bechdel test -- too much twaddle about men and feelings about men between women. Some scenes were better when work was discussed or if evil was being plotted.