So, I have finished watching Season 1 of The Great North and as I've reached as far as I can on UK Disney+ I thought I would do a little review. Going into this show I had very little knowledge of the creators past work. I had only started watching Bob's Burgers for the first time this year. Central Park I have really enjoyed, but that was its own thing. I wasn't sure of what style of humour I was in for as I went into the pilot episode.
Well, it wasn't a great first impression initially, but pilots rarely nail it right off the bat. The humour was very gentle, maybe a little sparse. Quite fast paced. It's easy to miss a couple of jokes in there sometimes because everyone talks quite fast. I didn't really laugh out loud during the first episode, mainly a smile here or there.
That didn't really change during the rest of my watch through season 1. I think the jokes got better as the season went on, but it never quite broke into full on laughing territory. I did like how much the family cared for one another, and that proved to be the strongest aspect of the show for me. It's got a lot of heart.
I was iffy early on on some of the individual characters and their designs, particularly Beef Tobin. I thought he was a rather dull character in both appearance and personality but I grew to like him more in time. I really liked Judy and Hams relationship as twins. Wolf and Honey Bee were cute together, particularly in the last episode of the season and I'm still not sure how to feel about Moon yet. Will have to give it more time.
One thing I loved about this show is that everyone is dealing with the aftermath of the mum having left them at the beginning of the pilot and that comes back into play near the end, which I was glad to see and it hit quite a close spot to me. It really made me care about them all by the time season 1 wrapped up.
I'll come back to this review once I've finished season 2, but I'll just say give this a watch if you're looking for a nice wee laidback show.
Well, it wasn't a great first impression initially, but pilots rarely nail it right off the bat. The humour was very gentle, maybe a little sparse. Quite fast paced. It's easy to miss a couple of jokes in there sometimes because everyone talks quite fast. I didn't really laugh out loud during the first episode, mainly a smile here or there.
That didn't really change during the rest of my watch through season 1. I think the jokes got better as the season went on, but it never quite broke into full on laughing territory. I did like how much the family cared for one another, and that proved to be the strongest aspect of the show for me. It's got a lot of heart.
I was iffy early on on some of the individual characters and their designs, particularly Beef Tobin. I thought he was a rather dull character in both appearance and personality but I grew to like him more in time. I really liked Judy and Hams relationship as twins. Wolf and Honey Bee were cute together, particularly in the last episode of the season and I'm still not sure how to feel about Moon yet. Will have to give it more time.
One thing I loved about this show is that everyone is dealing with the aftermath of the mum having left them at the beginning of the pilot and that comes back into play near the end, which I was glad to see and it hit quite a close spot to me. It really made me care about them all by the time season 1 wrapped up.
I'll come back to this review once I've finished season 2, but I'll just say give this a watch if you're looking for a nice wee laidback show.