With an extremely good looking cast, Tidelands feels like an intentionally distracting show, throwing nudity into the mix to hide the questionable scripting and acting prowess on offer. Two minutes is the time it takes before we’re graced with a naked female body. If you like soap operas and overly dramatic characters you’ll certainly find some interest here but Tidelands fails to really establish itself beyond the cheesy tropes and questionable scripting it sets itself up with. With an abundance of gratuitous nudity, over-acting and incredibly dramatic music, Tidelands is a very acquired taste. Unfortunately it’ll be quite the tumultuous ride if you make it that far. All of this builds toward a climactic finale that leaves the door wide open for a second season while delivering a suitably epic finale for our group of beautiful characters. Once there, she immediately becomes entangled in the mystery which involves a strange shard of rock and the whispers of sirens in the sea.

While the town begin pointing fingers at one another, ex-con Cal returns home after a decade of prison time. The story begins in a small coastal town which is left reeling following a fisherman killed at sea. Siren was not without its flaws but the world-building and lore was far better established than Netflix’s latest offering which pales in comparison. What do you get when you mix nudity, melodramatic acting, epic music and a binge-worthy story? Netflix’s latest Australian drama Tidelands. While the idea of adding mermaids to a murder mystery seems original, recent teen drama Siren already tackled this subject with a lot more finesse than seen here.

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