Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries 1

This is a TV show that has it all.


History: It's the 1920s with flappers, fringe, and feathers, bobbed hair, red lipstick, and ciggie holders. The men wear hats and suits and it's scandalous to speak of "family planning".

Drama: There's no end. You have the lovely Phyne Fisher, wealthy socialite/self-proclaimed lady detective. As the series unfolds, there are tiny hints of a romance with the Inspector--a married man.

Meanwhile his constable is enamored with Dottie the maid, but he's Protestant and she's Catholic.

Sex: Phyrne is quite promiscuous. The first few episodes had me frowning. She bedded a new man almost everything episode--def too fast with the Russian Anarchist. Like, immediately upon meeting. I did love her Chinese beau though.

Romance: Phyrn promises herself to none, but as I said above, something is going on with the Inspector, but a man of honor, he won't renege on his wedding vows, even though his wife never appears to be in the picture.

Mystery: Each episode is a new crime. Russian shot dead. Accident in a factory. Bleach in place of insulin, milk that paralyzes people, carnival crimes, a dead pilot now walking, drama at her aunt's house, murder on a train. Phyrne gets in the middle of it all.

I enjoyed this immensely. I loved Phyrne, Dottie, and even the Butler (the fudge!!! omg!). There were, however, some moments I was too easily able to predict what was going to happen next. I turned to my husband and said, "Watch. He's going to throw her down the stairs now," and I was right. 

The last episode of this season totally made up for that though. I was on the edge of my seat as Phryne placed herself in the hands of a killer and her past began catch up with her. Superb!

Phyrne is a wonderfully strong woman, but goes too far at times to be realistic and the promiscuity was a turn off. I'd also like to know how she acquired all her wealth because her childhood flashbacks show her as a dirty street urchin so where did the wealthy aunt come in and all these seemingly endless funds?

Great clothing too!

Four bikes. Acorn can't get season two on dvd fast enough for me. I got this from Amazon Vine.

Bomb Girls

Lots of stuff going on in this TV show based on the life of women during WWII, more specifically bomb girls, women who worked in a bomb factory. Season one consisted of 6 episodes, of which I recorded on REELZ and watched almost back to back.

Gladys

Glady's. Can't say I was overly fond of the star: a rich girl "slumming" it, not in the beginning away. She thinks aiding the war effort consists of lifting her skirts for a total stranger of a solider in a dark alley. The first episode I wasn't impressed at all. She gradually begins to improve, but I sensed there may be trouble for her actions later down the road. By the end of the season, however, she was one of my favorite characters.


The rest of the cast:

Betty. She's the toughest bomb worker of them all and a lesbian in a world not ready for them. I felt her anger when she was misepresented in a movie.

Kate. A former preacher's daughter on the run with an obsession with singing. A HUGE disappointment in the end. HUGE.

Lorna. The "crew chief" who is married to a man crippled from the Great War and experiencing some frustrations because it. She loathes the Italian worker, Marco, with a passion, and for great reason. (I thought he was a dick, but my stepmum thinks he is hot. He's also one of those characters you like better in the end than the beginning. There are a few layers to him.)

Vera: Is distracted by the flirtatious Marco and gets her scalp torn off her head. As morbid as this sounds, her story is so far my favorite. I can't wait to see how she overcomes this  handicap of hers.

There's bad news received, deaths, fake letters, a thief, someone gets the clap, there's turning on one's friends, potential rapists... and lots of sexual harassment on the job. I love how the show shows how uncomfortable men's harassment can make women and the distraction leads to accidents. And of course, anytime something goes wrong, like a bad bomb, they blame the women.

As I said, not overly fond of the rich girl, but the rest of the women really sucked me into their lives and I found the factory bits though frustrating to watch at times as the men anger me, fascinating. I found myself watching them make the bombs instead of paying attention to their conversations at times.

If you see this coming up on Reelz again soon, tape it. You won't be disappointed. The shows in order:


Jumping Tracks
Misfires
How You Trust
Bringing Up Bombshell
Armistice
Element of Surprise

Website complete with episodes and tour of the bomb factor.