Harry Wild (TV Series) When Harry Met Fergus (2022) User Reviews

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[bosporan · 8/10 · 11 April 2022]

Understated, fabulous performances from Jane Seymour as Harry and Rohan Nedd as Fergus, they make an odd couple: Harry a well-to-do, bored, retired lecturer with writer's block, Fergus a wrong-side-of-the-tracks, inquisitive, energetic schoolboy. Seymoure's ability was never in question, though Nedd is a relative newcomer; I fell in love with Fergus immediately with his opening schoolroom articulate and funny monologue which bamboozled and embarrassed his teacher.

Harry is an acerbic loner and mildly misanthropic with a sharp wit and intellect. Fergus is gregarious and empathetic with 'street smarts'. These two are crashed together as an investigative duo akin to another famous pair, though I am not sure if Fergus is Watson or represents the Baker Street Irregulars!

Very entertaining.

[RevanaObama · 9/10 · 29 May 2023]

Just watched the first episode, and it gave me a smile on my face. The characters been introduced with a great deal of humor. The plot has been well tought out. I just can't help loving "Detective series" where humor and the killings go hand in hand. Harry (Harriet) is a retired teacher but, has still a lot of life spirit. After she gets robbed from her wallet, she finds out who robbed her. The guy who robbed her, seems a more empathetic guy she first believed of. Together they bonding and solving their first crime together. However her son the Policeman, is not amused that Harry is interferein his investigation. But the rebel in Harry is stronger and she is more and more determined to solve case after case.

This is delightful!

[kathi-22236 · 10/10 · 3 May 2022]

Jane Seymour has always been a favorite of mine, so when I saw this new series show up on Acorn, I had to watch. This first episode was fun, funny, and well written, directed, and performed. I'm already in love with Harry, Fergus, and Lola and can't wait to see what happens next!

When Harry Met Fergus

[Prismark10 · 4/10 · 30 April 2022]

Harriet 'Harry' Wild (Jane Seymour) is retiring as a professor of literature at a university in Ireland. She gives a foul mouthed leaving speech to her former students.

Her son Inspector Charlie Wild (Kevin Ryan) is called to a murder scene. The dead man is lying on a rug, surrounded by candles. He was meant to be found this way.

Fergus Reid (Rohan Nedd) is a troubled high school student who insults his teacher so he can be sent to the headmaster's office.

All three lives collide when Fergus mugs Harry so she needs to stay with Charlie's family.

Harry interferes with the murder investigation. Harry is convinced that the recreated crime scene is from a play called Calabras. Harry is also thinks an abducted young woman is also embroiled in this.

Only for her Charlie has no time for her mother's rambling hypotheses. Harry decides to investigate and ropes in Fergus who she meets again at a cemetery.

The first episode has to do a lot of heavy lifting with the set up. It means the mystery becomes secondary and is a weak point.

Some of the writing is irritating. The constant bickering between mother and son as he refuses to listen to his mother's opinions on the crime.

The balance between the comedy and crime is not there. Some of the characters try too hard to be odd and eccentric.

An adorable show !!

[maryann4510 · 10/10 · 16 April 2022]

Harry and Fergus are just too cute together!!

We completely love this show !

We live in America but mostly watch shows on Britbox , Acorn , prime ( for British mysteries) BBC & masterpiece theater!

This show is lighthearted is full of laughs and fun You will enjoy it.

Better Scenery than Characters!

[JenExxifer · 10/10 · 22 October 2023]

I give this episode 10 stars for the scenery and nothing else!

The concept is good in theory, a retired professor who takes up sleuthing and finds a young sidekick to mentor.

However, the character of Harry Wild is a 21st Century cliche of a modern woman who is a walking contradiction with more crass than class; she's worse than Alexa Crowe, and neither are Jessica Fletcher or Miss Marple.

I'm supposed to believe that a woman who handles being a professor for decades can't manage to keep her refrigerator stocked? As old as Harry Wild is, her traits are that of a student living on their own for the first time. That's not a dynamic character; that's a poorly developed character that needs a few more rewrites.

I guess it's supposed to be hip and ironic that a woman can be both characters of the Odd Couple, but TV programming has been loaded with tacky women characters who act more like men than women for decades, so it's nothing new to me and it doesn't hold my interest.

The scenery is great though, most definitely!