While I was down and out, recovering from my tonsil surgery,
imagine my surprise and delight to be asked to review a short TV series!
Colony
Bay Productions contacted me about reviewing
a series of shows created around a
small town at the
beginning of the American Revolution.
The name of the town
and series is “Courage, New Hampshire”
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I was able to watch
four episodes,
and enjoyed watching them. They all centered on the town’s
Justice of the Peace, Silas Rhodes, and how he
and the town’s people handled
certain situations.
The first show, The Travail of Sarah Pine,
was about one of
the Red Coats being accused of
having his way with one of the town girls and
leaving
her with an understanding of marriage,
but never coming back for her. Once he
came back through the town,
he was recognized and brought up on charges and
things go on from there.
At first I thought the show was going to go on a
very
religious bent, but it ended up just being more
common sense and doing the
right thing sort of story line.
The scenery was great, as was the décor of some
of the rooms and areas. Since I do own SuzAnna’s Antiques
I have a tendency to
watch the backgrounds as
much as the actual “show”. I thought the attention to
detail on the
scenery and locations was spectacular,
but the acting itself left a little to
be desired. The characters were
really
not believable and the story line was
hard to follow, since there was not a lot
of information given.
This holds true for all four of the episodes, with the
acting
and the story line, but it was an entertaining show in the long run.
The
other three episodes were “The Sons of Liberty”,
“A Snake in the Garden” and
“Ambition”. I think if the
show is able to continue, the acting and story lines
may get better.
I think the writer was trying to get so much into
each hour
long episode, it ended up being jumbled
and convoluted. If you enjoy period
dramas give an
episode a watch and let me know what you think.
It was fun to
watch, and I learned a little about some things
from the American Revolution I
did not know, so you may enjoy it too.
The show premieres on Memorial Day and you can find more information
on their website here!!
