Any watchers out of these two shows out there?
The Slap and Secrets and Lies started up a few
weeks ago (The Slap on NBC and Secrets and Lies on ABC). The Slap has finished now, and Secrets and Lies has one more episode to go. Both of these
shows are Australian copies, which I think is interesting anyway. I’ve actually been
watching both of the original Australian shows on Netflix, and in some ways,
enjoying them even more than the American versions.
The Slap is a mini-series of sorts based on Christos Tsiolkas‘s novel by the
same title. The story is told through different points-of-view, each week a
different characters gives his or her take on what happened THAT afternoon at the
party when a child was slapped by an adult in attendance that was not one
of the child’s parents. High drama breaks loose as a result, and it’s
strangely intriguing to watch all of these characters unravel and divulge their secrets and character flaws.
Secrets and Lies is a suburban mystery starring Ryan
Phillipe and Juliet Lewis. In the first episode a young boy’s body is found in
the woods by a neighbor who later becomes the prime suspect in the murder. He
can’t remember where he was that night or what he did, but he knows he didn’t
kill this boy. The more he resists the accusations, the more ferociously the
lead detective comes after him. Again, fascinating stuff.
What shows are you watching these days?
