I was somewhat broken hearted when Lisa McCune left the series. She was a talented actor with a beautiful soft voice. She had great facial expression and the love story between Maggie and PJ was well acted and believable. They have the ability along with John Wood to portray the most convincing characters without over acting. John Wood as Tom Croydon is the foundation of the series with his warm, father knows best attitude, he kept his crew in order during turbulent times. Judy Nihill as Chrissy balanced out the coppers with her down to earth small town personality. When Caroline Craig and Ditch Davey arrived there seemed to be so much over the top shouting and emotionalism. The writing lost its sophistication and became over the top soap opera. I found myself frustrated with these characters and felt the story writing was losing it's complexity and the stories were far fetched and somewhat ridiculous. I've grown to like Jane Allsop as Jo Parrish. I'm committed to watching till the end but the character of Evan Jones has gone off the top in emotionalism. He is pushy with anger management issues. He has the always available shoulder to cry on, he is annoying. Simone McAullay as Suzie Raynor lacks any depth to be convincing. As wokism took over creativity, the writing started to suffer. Too much feeling and not enough common sense and wit.
Review of Blue Heelers
