With the show’s return,now is the perfect time to gorge on the first two seasonsI don’t watch TV shows; I binge on them. A lot of the time, I’m forced to acknowledge that what I consume is froth and sugar, or empty calories,but every now and again, I stumble on something such as Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, or a healthy,fibrous and filling watch. I am utterly in savor.
Where to launch? The Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher (played by Essie Davis) is a lady detective in between-the-wars Melbourne. If that conjures up the image of a twinkly old lady, consider again: Miss Fisher is not in her dotage and she’s no ingenue. Shes vibrant and sexy and cheeky and worldly. She has travelled the globe and picked up shocking habits (not least wearing trousers): she’s single, and entirely welcoming of male company,carries a gun in her purse and a blade in her garter. She has a quick wit, a warm heart and the sharpest bob since Louise Brooks.
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Source: theguardian.com