Great show - it’s a shame they didn’t get to make a final season. Scott Ryan is terrific; I hope he gets another opportunity to write/star in a breakout hit.
I think you nailed it here. But one minor quibble: to Mr In-Between’s credit, women are close to “angels”, with men acting either as devils or broken guardians. Like you said.
But The Sopranos isn’t a great comparison - The Sopranos was deeply nihilistic, with everyone other than Dr Melfi either a sociopathic success or a cringing, feckless loser. It’s why I was pretty much done with the show after Season 2.
Dammit, I need to watch this show - only getting snippets on Youtube.
I recently rewatched all of The Wire, and it sounds like this show also differentiates along the lines of honourable (if sometimes ethically suspect) actions and not class or power e.g. "...that was for Joe".
Kind of sucks that this kind of Australian cultural output is so rare. Well done Scott Ryan...
Brilliant show. For me the pitch-perfect, meandering dialogue made it. The slow conversations that seemed to be about nothing but struck a perfect balance between mundane and poignant. And Ray's smile - the same balance struck between cynical and vulnerable - so that we always see the two sides of his character - street smart, one step ahead, and at the same time awkward and suffering.
Great show - it’s a shame they didn’t get to make a final season. Scott Ryan is terrific; I hope he gets another opportunity to write/star in a breakout hit.
I think you nailed it here. But one minor quibble: to Mr In-Between’s credit, women are close to “angels”, with men acting either as devils or broken guardians. Like you said.
But The Sopranos isn’t a great comparison - The Sopranos was deeply nihilistic, with everyone other than Dr Melfi either a sociopathic success or a cringing, feckless loser. It’s why I was pretty much done with the show after Season 2.
Disagree, read my linked piece!
Love Scott Tyan. Hope there's another season of Mr Inbetween
The scene where he deals with the bully kids and talks about it in anger management is some of the best TV ever made.
Dammit, I need to watch this show - only getting snippets on Youtube.
I recently rewatched all of The Wire, and it sounds like this show also differentiates along the lines of honourable (if sometimes ethically suspect) actions and not class or power e.g. "...that was for Joe".
Kind of sucks that this kind of Australian cultural output is so rare. Well done Scott Ryan...
Brilliant show. For me the pitch-perfect, meandering dialogue made it. The slow conversations that seemed to be about nothing but struck a perfect balance between mundane and poignant. And Ray's smile - the same balance struck between cynical and vulnerable - so that we always see the two sides of his character - street smart, one step ahead, and at the same time awkward and suffering.