Amac Productions

Peacock?

Where were you hiding this little gem?

You recommended your crappy reboot, revival, thingies. But this? There’s no mention of anywhere.

Not even Tumblr?

Have the gays on Tumblr let me down?

I mean, that’s always where I find the latest to lesbian or LGBTQ stuff to binge. Was this a thing on there? Did I miss it? Was it not? Did we hate it and I missed that?

Well, since Peacock and Tumblr didn’t tell me anything, I found this on YouTube. Someone made a lovely edit, (the link) of the two characters, and I felt compelled to watch the series.

It’s only six episodes after all.

It kind of reminded me of NCIS: Hawai’i – without the sunshine.

I thought – how bad it could be? I mean, I’ll get to watch two actresses I like, fall in love.

Suranne Jones from Gentleman Jack.

Rose Leslie from The Time Traveler’s Wife. (TV Series)

Well, dang it.

This is like Wynonna Earp and NCIS: Hawai’i all over again – come for the gay, stay for the story.

This show was a compelling onion!

Yes, onion. I mean, onion.

There were layers upon layers of things happening in this show. From Amy’s PTSD after losing her boyfriend and her daughter being ripped from her. Not being able to handle the confined spaces.

To all the drama and things happening Vigil.

The show set up a structure to illustrate that from the outside, everything about Vigil is clean-cut. It’s a well-run ship. Not a thing out of place.

Glover’s a good guy, follows the rules. Except when he doesn’t.

Captain Newsome is respected captain. Except when he isn’t.

Prentice is a jerk. Except when he isn’t.

This show did a fantastic job of illustrating, something I’ve noticed in my life. Places, teams, and workplaces can give the illusion that everything is working well, and they have everything under control. But, alas, when you scratch the surface, you find the festering mold underneath.

At first glance, the Vigil appears to be fine.

But like the boat itself, the people running it are crumbling.

It was a compelling story.

One that by the end I was sad to see Prentice die.

I love mysteries and thrillers. So, I knew from the moment he gave Amy a hard time that Prentice had something to do with Burke. I wasn’t sure what, I wasn’t sure he killed him, or knew more than he was letting on. But I knew, based on how hard he wanted her confined, he was in on it.

I was not expecting the whole bar fight, brother discharged, frame him with drugs plotline.

Honestly, that was awesome.

I wonder how things would have played out if Prentice hadn’t gotten in the way.

If he had come clean, they would have been days closer to Doward.

Would the cook have died? Would Glover have gotten sick? Would Prentice have died?

If Amy hadn’t had to peel those layers off the onion, would they have gotten to the truth before more tragedy struck?

Also, while all this is going on, on the boat, back on ‘dry’ land, we have Kirsten following the investigation, and feeding clues as best she can.

I honestly thought after the first episode that the parallel storylines that could never converge was going to be a hinderance to the plot.

Instead, it enhanced it.

Amy trying to decipher the notes.

Kirsten trying to give hints without giving things away.

And the storylines did converge, even if the characters never interacted with each other. They were all fighting the same plot and working towards the same goal, to protect their country.

Which was the best part of the sit down between all the agencies.

It was a great moment, where they honestly, and collectively set aside their differences and realized one very important thing – they were fighting for their country.

Yes, they do it in different ways. With different rules. And they don’t mix and match together. Ever.

But this was different.

Someone came into their home and threatened them.

Petty dick measuring wouldn’t save the crew aboard Vigil or their country.

And that was what mattered.

I love when writers allow their characters to be adults.

I didn’t care for all the secret keeping and hiding things from each other. It wasn’t getting to the bottom of the problem any faster. It was working in favor of the enemy.

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again (maybe not on here, but in my life) that enemies shouldn’t attack outright. Letting their enemy pull themselves apart and cause diversion works better than outright assault.

Outright assaults bring people together.

They set aside petty squabbles to take on the larger enemy.

Better to let your enemy pick themselves apart.

Which Doward did.

He quietly slipped around the boat, wrecking things.

But at the end, when we saw them all come together because they knew the enemy now. He had a face. He was outnumbered. They weren’t fighting each other. They weren’t looking for some possible murderer or traitor.

And he wouldn’t survive that.

Even if they didn’t like Amy because of her methods, she was on their side. They were part of the same country, the same team, and Doward was not.

Nothing else mattered anymore.

Not an affair.

Not a punch.

Not even a murder.

There were bigger things at stake. The country. All of their lives.

The writers did an excellent job, moving from petty squabbles, and issues amongst the crew to working together as a dysfunctional chaotic mess when it mattered most.

I loved it!

If you haven’t checked this series out yet, go binge it! It was awesome and I can’t wait to see how they plan to follow this crazy up!

As for Amy and Kirsten, I loved their discussion at the end. The real, raw conversation they needed to have.

I hope we get to see them being a family with Poppy come season two!

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