It's business as usual when Mack Carter (Danny Webb, The Bill)—felonious breadwinner for a dysfunctional family of lowlifes—gets charged with robbery. But when Mack is sentenced to four years in jail, his wife, Lindsay (a deliciously brazen Amanda Redman, New Tricks), resolves to clean up her life. She's determined to drag her conniving children back to the straight and narrow as well. Going legit isn't so simple, though.
Lindsay finds herself dealing with impending poverty, thankless retail jobs, a pair of troublemaking sons, two cunning daughters, and a father-in-law who may be faking his Alzheimer's. On top of that, she struggles to fend off men from her past who hope to take advantage of her compromised position—including the detective (Sean Pertwee, Cold Feet) investigating one of her sons (Matthew McNulty, The Syndicate). Can the Carters go from corrupt to squeaky clean without coming apart at the seams?
Contains coarse language, nudity, sexual situations, and drug use
My Thoughts
Honest is a fantastic British series that blends comedy and drama beautifully. After the leader of their criminal family is sent to prison, a group of crooks decide its time to take a chance and go straight. Of course, that isn't as easy as they planned. Lindsay finds herself a luckless leader of trying to stay on the straight and narrow. The kids don't want to cooperate and still get themselves into trouble on a regular basis. Lindsay has a hard time with her retail job and finds it might not be enough to keep her family off the streets. With four ungrateful kids and a crazy father-in-law, Lindsay has her hands full which leads to dozens of sometimes comical and sometimes serious situations. A stellar cast and great storytelling makes this fun series a must watch.
If you want to get the advantage of a full set of amazing stories that are loaded with dramady, than this is the box set for you. You can order Honest for only $39.99 at Acorn Media.
***Please note that I received no form of monetary compensation for this post. I did receive a sample of the product to try in order to write a fair and honest review. The opinions expressed in this review are my own and were not influenced in any way. ***
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