A bit bland
Season 1 of Nor'easter Men consists of only three episodes, which may suggest that the producers just didn't find much to work with and couldn't stretch it out beyond three episodes. There are people (and I confess to being one of them) who will watch just about anything that has boats and waves - but not necessarily indefinitely. While evidently trying to cash in on the popularity of Deadliest Catch, this one lacks the elements of near-constant danger, grueling relentless work, enormous waves and unusual characters that allows Deadliest Catch to switch focus frequently and so retain our interest. The "Nor'easter Men" are bland and appear to be trying to act, as if the director told them to be interesting, but they don't really know how. The weather isn't particularly dramatic and, even though fishing off the New England coast is a dangerous occupation, the danger is not so readily demonstrable and has to be artificially invoked because we cannot actually see it. I'll be surprised if...
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