Well, I've just crunched through all 6 seasons in a remarkably short amount of time thanks to this thread. DH must be a keeper because he doesn't want to divorce me off the back of this totally immersive experience.
I don't want to put any spoilers up, but I do want to give Patrick the thumbs up for calling the Proudman family dysfunction from time to time. He totally nailed it (and, I think, spoke for the audience) on the occasions he set limits. Were the family to exist in real life the MIL threads alone, let alone the siblings, would keep MN busy, busy, busy.
Still, suffocating family dynamics have never been so appealingly portrayed. Just when it was getting a bit trite, kookie or silly, there would be a sucker punch scene with real emotional depth - when Asher Keddie was at her best. I also thought it was admirable how a character as initially as unsympathetic as Billie's could be turned around so I was rooting for her by the end.
Oh and this v
I'm mostly enjoying it, but hate Eddie Perfect's singing voice. I literally cannot stand it, and have to mute or fast forward every time he sings.
When I told DH that Eddie Perfect apparently has a career as a real life singer/performer in Aus he was
as we were in complete agreement that Mick's singing was awful and the songs (apparently his) were meh too. And another thing - did anyone notice he suddenly got very trim half way through one of the seasons? Not quite nurse Helé in ER trim, but still noticeably slimmer.