The good about this show: The chemistry between Lola and Chelsea is very entertaining to watch, especially the yin and yang of it. Lola is a toughed up, middle age loser, who has been kicked around her whole life. Chelsea is trying to escape her tightly controlled silver spooned life. Thrown together, and watching them come to know, care for, and respect each other, is quite engaging and enjoyable. The lead actresses should get a raise, because they single handedly save this show.
The bad about this show: The most contrived plots and writing ever. The major plot vehicle seems to be to create endless drama through the characters being forced to do the absolute most stupid thing anyone could imagine doing in every circumstance. As one user put it, you don't just have to suspend disbelief, you have to hang it from the rafters. Over and over again, we are off on a new adventure, only because Lola and Chelsea have done something implausibly and incredibly dumb. If not for the plot holes, I'm not sure there would be any plot at all.
And, something has to be said about the universe where all of this takes place. Everyone is corrupt, evil, dumb, and murderous. I kept expecting Mad Max to roll up in his Interceptor at any moment. I hope Australia and New Zealand, really aren't like they are portrayed in this TV series. The body count is huge, because characters kill other characters for the most trivial of reasons, to the point the characters, as well as the viewers, are completely unmoved emotionally every time a new victim drops.
Verdict: Great lead actresses, great story idea, extremely poor writing and plotting, but still enjoyable and watchable (at least until midway through the third season, where I had just had enough (and, where it appeared Lola and Chelsea had, too).
The bad about this show: The most contrived plots and writing ever. The major plot vehicle seems to be to create endless drama through the characters being forced to do the absolute most stupid thing anyone could imagine doing in every circumstance. As one user put it, you don't just have to suspend disbelief, you have to hang it from the rafters. Over and over again, we are off on a new adventure, only because Lola and Chelsea have done something implausibly and incredibly dumb. If not for the plot holes, I'm not sure there would be any plot at all.
And, something has to be said about the universe where all of this takes place. Everyone is corrupt, evil, dumb, and murderous. I kept expecting Mad Max to roll up in his Interceptor at any moment. I hope Australia and New Zealand, really aren't like they are portrayed in this TV series. The body count is huge, because characters kill other characters for the most trivial of reasons, to the point the characters, as well as the viewers, are completely unmoved emotionally every time a new victim drops.
Verdict: Great lead actresses, great story idea, extremely poor writing and plotting, but still enjoyable and watchable (at least until midway through the third season, where I had just had enough (and, where it appeared Lola and Chelsea had, too).