Mrs Sidhu Investigates

The premise sounds so good. Clever Indian Caterer, ( I was looking forward to the food), which has not been a true feature. She solves mysteries and keeps getting jobs on the day someone is murdered at various locations. That alone is a stretch. Now the thing is, I guess since her husband and father were cops, we are to accept her cleverness and ability to observe and solve these crimes. That plot point is pretty weak. The detective she keeps pairing up with, is quite harsh towards her and truly rejects her time and time again. I do not find them to have a very pleasant chemistry. It feels forced and clunky. His side kick officer seems wasted to me as a character. She obsessively takes notes and is not very well developed so far. The show does not flow. Her son is another character that is not working. He is just unlikable. He is immature and quite frankly I guess if they were going for Gen Z, living at home and being self centered and not helping out unless pushed, they nailed that. I believe in giving shows a chance, so I will keep watching, but I do not find this show that enjoyable. Maybe it will improve and find it's rhythm . Update- the 4th episode was an improvement.

I was drawn to the programme because I've always been a fan of the lead actress and actor, they do work really well together so I was not disappointed. It's a nice, funny programme with a good sense of humour and I really hope they decide to bring out a season 2, I hate it when they get you hooked and then cancel it! Of course It's all been done before but they made it feel fresh with enough twists to keep you guessing... Meera Syal is her usual, wonderful self, she gives off a lovely, warm vibe which contrasts well with Craig Parkinson's gruff persona which he does so well. Fingers crossed for season 2 :-)

I don't know why it is, but I rarely ever watching American murder mystery anymore. The British Australian, New Zealand, and South African murder mysteries are the best, and they also tend to just a wee bit of humor now due to the fact that Mrs. Sidhu is a caterer, and her stuff looks really good. You might get hungry while you watch this but nonetheless it's good.! Her relationship with her son is also pretty entertaining. Acorn has some really good mystery shows and this is a good addition to the list. The actress playing Mrs. Sidhu is good and very believable. Don't remember the last time I watched an American murder mystery, other than the simple ones on the Hallmark Channel.

Such fun- a perfect lite quirky mystery series with beautiful locals and great actors. So much awful depressing stuff in the world we all live in these days- nice to take a "time-out" with a mug of tea and this lonely show! Hoping for a 2nd and many more series. Even found myself laughing- Mrs. Sidhu played to perfection- the perfect Auntie. I really enjoy that each episode is movie length- 1 1/2 hrs. I so often find myself disappointed when things wrap up to quickly at 45 mins. Please keep these coming- the show is not dark, blood & violence packed - there are enough of those already. Mrs Sidhu Investigates is a welcome change.

Enjoyable ... but very formulaic... how many murders can she cater? I'd like to see this be renewed ... but they've got to figure out a way to change her character's catering situation. Maybe if she gets some sort of catering job with the police ... I don't know. Maybe she opens up a restaurant near the police station. The acting is fine. The leading lady is charming. The chemistry between the cast members is very good. I'm just afraid their going to run out of plots. Maybe she'll marry the lead detective and "help" him with his cases. Pie In the Sky worked because the lead was a retired detective who opened up a restaurant and still worked part time. I think they cooked themselves into a corner with this one. Here's hoping they figure it out.