yeah, it did get a bit cheesy after hector died. I have only seen up through when Duncan and the new cook get together and she leaves...I don;t get BBC America and so onloy watch it on PBS.

I do like it, and consider it a guilty pleasure, given its occasional schmaltziness...but it does contain some very fine acting!!

Not sure if whoever referred to the "Gilligan's Island reality show" was talking about the new series on ABC called "Lost" but it is not at all like that. I've seen one episode and it is just about the most compelling new show I have seen in a good long time. They are rebroadcating the first two epsiodes this saturday at 8 pm on ABC. This one's gonna be one to watch if it stays this good. Very weird and interesting. The characters are not entirely interesting with few exceptions (though the cast is first rate of its kind) but their circumstances have just enough strangeness to keep it edgy...