Watched it when originally on and re-watching it now. Absolutely brilliant at its peak but with retrospect can see the wheels wobbling when Joel Edgerton (Will) leaves. The speed by which so many characters leave from then on is alarming and the show never recovered. Losing Will/Jason/Alex/Richie/Miranda/Gab within around 25 episodes of each other both shook the engagement viewers had with them and tried to force viewers to engage with absolute randoms with no previous background in the show.
The first and second seasons had some utter gold moments. The dinner party where the characters reminisce about childhood incidents. Richie gradually coming out and breaking Miranda's heart while his best mate (Will) struggled to understand if that meant that Richie might crack onto him too (which he never did). The turnstile that was Evan's bedroom door. Some of the storylines had me pondering where the scriptwriters were going (after being cheated on - Gab then heavily pursues a married man and breaks up his marriage) but loved it at its peak. The most crucial character often forgotten was St Kilda itself. The show was as much a love letter to the suburb as a very accurate summary of life for those in their mid-late 20's and early 30's.
Any other big fans out there?
The first and second seasons had some utter gold moments. The dinner party where the characters reminisce about childhood incidents. Richie gradually coming out and breaking Miranda's heart while his best mate (Will) struggled to understand if that meant that Richie might crack onto him too (which he never did). The turnstile that was Evan's bedroom door. Some of the storylines had me pondering where the scriptwriters were going (after being cheated on - Gab then heavily pursues a married man and breaks up his marriage) but loved it at its peak. The most crucial character often forgotten was St Kilda itself. The show was as much a love letter to the suburb as a very accurate summary of life for those in their mid-late 20's and early 30's.
Any other big fans out there?