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How in the world did this little gem only get one season?

Newton's Law has good acting and engaging story lines. The characters are all interesting and not two dimensional; the writing allows the characters growth, which you don't see often enough in comedy/dramas. Throughout the episodes you learn of their back stories gradually, and find yourself rooting for them to succeed, or fail. The slimy crooks and lawyers aren't all bad and the good people have flaws, just like real people.

The episodeal subject matters are a mixture of ever changing inter office relationships and criminal cases that were sometimes reminiscent of stories from the papers. There was drama, zaniness and touching moments that sometimes left a little ache.

Newton's Law wove an engaging story that made me want to follow along just to watch the characters evolve and adapt.

One season was not enough, I didn't want it to end just yet.

This "documentary" comes across more pseudo-documentary than like one presenting factual events. The narration sounds offhand in it's delivery, more like the telling of a story than a telling of history and statement of facts. It felt like it was more of an attempt to bolster ego, and to try to inflate importance.

Also, for a "newly discovered" epoch, there seems to be a wealth of written information with excessive detail. The physical artifacts found by archaeologists are also amazingly intact, better than any other 2800 + year civilization that I've ever seen in museums or on documentaries.

I would also feel much more inclined to believe the "facts and histories" presented here if it weren't the case that the whole "documentary" and almost all of the experts weren't almost exclusively Armenian. Surely this should be of worldwide interest? In the credits, it looks like a family affair with the same names appearing over and over in various places.

All in all, I would believe this much more if the claims of it being such an important and influential era hadn't been almost secret, undiscovered and formerly unmentioned until now.

Nope, sorry, I'm just not buying it.

'The Cruellest Month' begins with a night scene in the house first featured in the episode one and two. It is a former Residential Home, in a state of disrepair and exudes a feeling of oppression.

What follows is a story that delves into a modern day murder with stark references to the horrors which befell the First Nation children. These children were taken from their families, beaten, tortured, isolated, confined and robbed of their families, language and religion.

The imagery in this episode is extremely gripping and powerful and I found it brought me to tears. I also loved the music, which featured Jeremy Dutcher and others; it was all well chosen, poignant and also tugged at my heart strings.

The subject matter is very current with the talks of reconciliation, and the recent discovery of hidden graves on old sites, and I found this disturbing and heartbreaking.

As before, the acting was wonderful and showed the cast in a full range of emotions, all which seemed natural and genuine.

This series deserves to be watched for all of the reasons above, and I hope it evokes thought and compassion for the families whose lives were ripped away. Sombre though it may be this is very important and a reminder of our darker past.

Thank you for this program.