This lively and amusing series is marketed as a spin-off of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012), but it needs to be taken on its own terms. The series quite appropriately alludes to the secret agent genre that was so popular in the 1960s, with great classical entries such as The Avengers (1961). Season 1 consists of four 85-minute episodes. The occasional abrupt cutting suggests that they may have had trouble pressing the plots into the time. That makes it even more surprising that Season 2 consists of eight 45-minute episodes. Although the cases still feel complete, the character changes and sometimes even feels like a grown-up version of The Big Bang Theory (2007).
Each episode revolves around a theme. For Season 1 the themes are fashion, surfer music, alien abduction and Chinese cooking. For Season 2 the themes are architecture, flight attendancy, country life, dog show, bowling, pigeon racing, fishing and live band. All episodes are great, but for me the one about alien abduction stood out particularly. The handling of the topic and its resolution are so cool that I am tempted to reveal too much about it! (I don't know if the idea is original, but I have certainly not seen it before.)
Ms Fisher is very convincing as a niece, but not a clone, of Miss Fisher. A lot of viewers were disappointed that the original series was discontinued, and blamed the present series for it. This clearly led to some unfair downvoting. As much as I loved the original series, I personally like the present one even a bit better. I guess this is in part due to the fact that it is more lively and more nerdy, making it more relatable for me. I am just disappointed that it looks like it may be discontinued after only 12 episodes. That would be a shame.
Each episode revolves around a theme. For Season 1 the themes are fashion, surfer music, alien abduction and Chinese cooking. For Season 2 the themes are architecture, flight attendancy, country life, dog show, bowling, pigeon racing, fishing and live band. All episodes are great, but for me the one about alien abduction stood out particularly. The handling of the topic and its resolution are so cool that I am tempted to reveal too much about it! (I don't know if the idea is original, but I have certainly not seen it before.)
Ms Fisher is very convincing as a niece, but not a clone, of Miss Fisher. A lot of viewers were disappointed that the original series was discontinued, and blamed the present series for it. This clearly led to some unfair downvoting. As much as I loved the original series, I personally like the present one even a bit better. I guess this is in part due to the fact that it is more lively and more nerdy, making it more relatable for me. I am just disappointed that it looks like it may be discontinued after only 12 episodes. That would be a shame.
