To the original poster: No it's not a British thing.
I too find the writing in Primeval to be weak at times, especially in the first series. Through no fault of the actors, I find alot of the character development to be hackneyed and forced. Many of the guest actors, especially the ones playing teens, are caricatures at best, written by people who haven't been around children much in their lives.
Much of the time, I feel like the writers were like, "And then a Triceratops totally messes up Trafalgar Square and-what, this show is about people? Okay, well, uh, Lester polishes his shoes and it's funny, but then the T-rex rips up a hot dog stand! Yeah!"
One major example comes to mind. The bit with the Diictodons. This woman is having a baby and no one in the hospital pays her any mind after she checks in. Once it's evacuated, she's left there in the delivery room and Cutter and Abby are forced to deliver the baby. But... Abby literally handled an animal and went to handling a newborn child without even washing her hands.
That whole scene was totally implausible, and only existed so that they could squeeze some "cute" and "funny" moments in between all of the creature incursion stuff. Like Cutter getting shot in that very same episode wouldn't have carried just as much weight. Oh, and Cutter's "slow dying, Conner fight the good fight" scene. Cliched.
Again, this is through no fault of the actors. Jason Flemyng really carries series three on his shoulders, and Alexander Siddig is always a pleasure.
It's okay not to like the writing. I do wish people on these forums would stop acting so uptight, just because someone doesn't share their opinion. It's what a discussion forum is for.
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