First Off: The show is average. Average and that isn't bad. If you think Knives Out is the best mystery ever created you will love this. If you are a fan of everything from Death In Paradise all the way to Father Brown Mysteries you will think this is average.

The start is not needed... The three telling a tale of "their" new york isn't needed. It's too "woody allen" and it's like bad poetry... Artistic decisions only look artistic when done for artistic reasons. This reeks of trying to hard to be intellectual. There of course is the obligatory "women get raped by men cause it's a mans world and wah-men" reeled off by Selena Gomez.

This isn't novel or unique. In fact it literally follows the same beats as so many before... To the point where Ultra City Smiths lampooned it only a few weeks ago on our TV screens.

The positives. Steve Martin and Martin Short. They are legends and this isn't a "payday" for them. This isn't phoned in. I will agree with that. Amazing from them. Selena Gomes. I love her. I am not a huge fan of her music but her personally I actually like as she has never come across the same as Miley and Tay-Tay... Both seeming up their own... Ahem... Ms Gomez has always seen like the cheerleader that didn't want to be mean like the other vapid airheads but couldn't help being attractive and popular. I am so glad she is normal in this and that she plays someone that isn't just a 20-something idiot. She actually is playing a functioning adult!

The cinematography is lush. No other words for it. Money spent well. The acting between the 3 is amazing.

Now the negatives.

The pacing is off. The story is taking too long to set up. Exposition can be done far more naturally. The start is elongated and filled with horrible little cliches and tropes. The pilot is bad... But I give the show a 6 as pilots aren't usually the peak of a show.

The mystery is not that smart with the only good aspect being that they are fans of podcasts... No different to the main character of Zomboat being into zombie movies or things like Truth Seekers. It's been done and worse still... You should never touch a subject that Rhyse Sheersmith and Steve Pemberton have touched with their amazing Inside Number 9.

The pilot follows Campbells Journey way too much... At the 18th min mark they literally hit one of the steps on time...

As for the reviews... Anyone that has given this above a 9 needs a word with themselves. Worryingly on here and google the reviews seem fake made by people that have had their profiles for less than a week.

Is it bad? No. It is amazing? No. It's average. Worse still it's a hackneyed mish mash of Agatha Christie tropes. We have them all here... From Miss Marple to And Then There Were None.

As for the podcast thing... It's a bit 2018 isn't it?