Safe (on Netflix) - is this the worst accent in TV history?

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We finished it last night. We were watching one or two episodes a night, and each night it took me a good 20 minutes to readjust to Hall’s accent.

I thought it was good and his accent was fine .

I thought his accent was ok. A top effort for someone who's American.

I know accents are difficult but I found it so distracting - it’s a shame because he’s such a fantastic actor.

His accent was fine.

I thought it was ok too.

I thought his accent was perfect and I wouldn't have been able to tell if I didn't know who he was. I'm normally quite picky about these things. I thought the Irish ex-husband was putting it on a bit though, though he apparently is Irish: it just felt a bit like he was leaning into it.

DH was so convinced by it that he googled straight away to see if he was secretly British!

Yes! Had this chat with a friend earlier ..why didn't they just let him keep his own accent?
I mean it wouldn't bother me..I know it's set in England but does it really matter?
I would just assume his character was American who'd moved to england.

The Irish ex husband is actually Irish. He used to be on Hollyoaks and played a gay gangster. He was also in The Fall.

He was hardly Dick Van Dyke or Keanu

I haven't seen him in anything else so I don't know what his real accent is. I thought it was absolutely fine.

Really surprised so many people had no issue with it. My husband did an involuntary giggle every time he had to say the French surname (which was a lot!).

Maybe it wasn’t just that the accent was bad, it was the accent coming out of him that was so jarring, but I don’t normally find that.

I thought he was fine, sounded perfectly posh! But then I'll forgive Dexter anything. Sorry, Michael

Not a clue who he is, so no preconceptions, thought he was good as the increasingly irrational dad.

Bugged me though how a consultant surgeon AND anaesthetist could take so much time off at the drop of a hat! 😁

I thought his accent was quite remarkable actually. It was very relaxed and natural.

Another one who googled to see where he was actually from - I thought the accent was good!

i didn't notice his accent.....but where was the "red head" from, cos hers was odd

I found it incredibly off putting. He sounded like he was speaking around something in his mouth a lot of the time. But I have watched all 8 seasons of Dexter so perhaps I'm just so familiar with his normal voice that it stands out.

@samcro she's French irl and was French on the show (I think). They actually spoke French at one point, didn't they? (I'm assuming you mean Chris Chahal's (sp?) mother.

i feel bad as googled and she is french.
did enjoy it though, just finished it.

She's from spiral. DH did comment that her accent was weird, even though he believed Dexter's accent

Sorry OP but I disagree, I thought his accent was very good. Everyone where I live sounds like that. I was actually pretty impressed by it.

On the other hand though I thought the script was a load of contrived shite. Really clunky and the dialogue was really naff. I didn't buy the ending at all, it just seemed ridiculous. And the comments from the detective that they were doing everything they could to find the girl, when it actually seemed like they were doing fuck all - other than fannying about and competing with each other to see who could be be the biggest smart arse.

I thought it was a good accent, I've heard worse! I loved the show and watched it in two days 😍

i didn't even know he wasn't "english"

I thought Dexter's English accent was brilliant!

I'm not English and I can do two accents. Cut glass, clipped like the queen so totally useless !! and awrigh' gov cockney. It is really hard to do anything normal in the middle. I think he nailed it. (And I may not be English but I have 14 years of listening to you lot under my belt!!)