Sirens

On TV: Monday 27th June 2011

Channel: C4 10pm

Episode Type: First in new comedy drama series

In 1 Sentence: Mixing comedy and adult drama with some interesting results

Series Summary: A team of world-weary paramedics are forced to confront the dregs of society - not to mention their own inadequacies - in this comedy drama.

EP Summary: The team attend a major road traffic collision where Stuart takes the radical decision to give an open-heart massage to jump-start a woman's heart. Back at A&E the lads feel the effects of the shock and adrenaline, and are forced to see the hospital counsellor. Attractive new counsellor Kirsty advises them that they'll start out feeling fairly euphoric, may grow restless and horny, but ultimately become depressed. Stuart gives his own take on this, and then pledges to control his predicted mood swings. He heads round to his best mate Maxine's house to avoid temptation - will he succeed?

My Review: Sirens is an odd show. It doesn’t seem to have made its mind up about whether it is comedy or drama. The genres kind of jar against each other at the moment. But the hardest thing about it was the humour itself - for an adult drama it was a little immature. 

Other than that the acting was good - I recognised most of the actors so they weren’t ‘nobodies’ which helped. The dynamic between the three guys isn’t completely settled and was a bit unrealistic. In fact a lot of it didn’t sit right, but if it had been closer to reality then it may have swayed into Casualty territory, which wouldn't have worked AT ALL. 

What I’m trying to get at is that the tone wasn’t quite right throughout, yet the acting from the leads was promising and the character of Maxine, the only real female 'lead' in the show (who also happens to be a police woman), is keeping me intrigued enough to watch the next episode. 

Score: 7/10