If you like Virgin River you'll love Sullivan's Crossing.

Plotlines are predictable but the character development has come a long way from the beginning. Sully is a character you can really pull for. Morgan Kohan is really settling in to the leading role. Being able to lean on veteran actors like Tom Jackson, Scott Patterson and Chad Michael Murray has given her time to lean in to her character and Maggie has become relatable and warm, something not there at the start.

If you love the books you may not embrace the differences but that's not unusual. Nice scenery of the Canadian Maritimes...

BTW DON'T read the lone critic review unless you want to laugh. Not sure what show they think they're reviewing but Nova Scotia looks nothing like the Rocky Mountains...

I tried watching Sullivan's Crossing but I ended up giving up on it. I just couldn't watch it at all.

I understand it's based on the books but everything about wat just bad.

The story revolves around a man whose daughter is taken from him by his ex-wife and her new husband. Okay, kidnapped is the right word for it. She returns home to Nova Scotia as an adult to try and reconnect with her father.

I feel I was very generous in giving Sullivan's Crossing six stars out of ten when I could have gone lower than that but I decided not to because at the time I had hoped it would get better than it did.

I love the storyline of the show, I think it has great potential to grow and go far without a doubt. The first episode was a little slow (understandable while getting to know the characters), but my advice to anyone watching it is to keep going because there is a LOT of depth and background to all the characters and their storylines! I've been watching it every week as soon as it comes out. It gives me Virgin River vibes with the family history, love story, some suspenseful moments. The cast is great and I LOVE seeing Scott Patterson and Chad Michael Murray back on the screen, they absolutely blow these roles out of the park and I have been a huge fan of them for years! As a newer actress, Morgan does amazing at playing the role of Maggie and ensuring the audience feels and understands what she's feeling. As a Canadian I love that it's filmed in Canada and touches on Canadian history, not many shows have done that and done it so incredibly well. I think this show will be a really big hit with more seasons to come, and I look forward to continuing to watch!

I wasn't convinced after the first episode, but coming back to it later, I binged the rest of season one within a day.

The heart of this show are its characters and the bond between them. It's about reconnecting, meeting new people, sharing memories and experiences, learning and letting go.

Don't expect a big story; expect big emotions. This show will make you think about the important people in your life. It will make you feel all the feels. And the scenery is so beautiful it makes you wish you were there in Sullivan's Crossing.

Oh, the nostalgia factor with Chad Michael Murray is also a huge plus.

The scenery is a 10/10. This is a beautiful show to watch for the natural scenery.

I like the storyline. Maggie is a very smart and dynamic human. I loved watching her story. Sully is complex and the actor plays the broken soul with a lot of realistic emotion.

Lost one star because sometimes I just enjoy watching a story without the far fetched drama sprinkles tossed in, but I know the drama is needed to keep the audience intrigued.

I really hope a season two comes - I want Maggie and Sully to have an honest conversation, I want Maggie and Cal to have a love story, I really want to see Edna and Frank and their hopeful love story, and honestly I want to know what's going to happen with Lola, Sydney, Rob and Jackson (considering they're the ones all the "extra and out there" drama seems to come from).

Okay, so the storyline has been told a thousand times before. Successful and attractive young and talented woman returns home and finds true love but is torn between leaving her successful business practice behind in the big city Boston or living a much simpler life in the quaint Nova Scotia village on a trailer park property.

There are many good characters in this two season TV series, but none better that of the loving relationship of two co-stars namely, Frank and Edna Cranebear played by the veteran actors Tom Jackson and Andrea Menard.

As each episode passes, we get to know just a bit more of many of the characters past, both the good times and the bad times, much as what happens in our own personal lives. What was unrealistic was some of the accidents that always seemed to happen around the lead character Dr. Maggie Sullivan (Morgan Kohan) whose name would have been more appropriately named Dr. Jinx, because the critical accidents always seemed to fall into her troubled lap, both figuratively, and literally.

Secrets of the various townsfolk are also slowly revealed, and the writers and director were clever enough to build the series up to that inevitable crescendo sucking Mrs. Shullivan and I down into that rabbit hole where we both were trying to hide the shedding of tear drops.

It left us with a warm and fuzzy feel-good feeling overall.

I just finished this series and I am an absolute puddle on the floor. TV does not normally make me sob like this. Please oh please tell me there is a season 2 coming!

Nova Scotia, a Canadian series, Chad Michael Murray, and Luke from Gilmore Girls all put together sounded like the most amazing fit when I heard about this. And I am happy to report that it was, in fact, a perfect fit.

Big shoutout to every Maggie and Sully interaction, which always causes a reaction from me, whether it be happy or tense. They work SO well together.

I am absolutely captivated by the beauty of Nova Scotia and this story. The choices, dilemmas, scandals, and all the layers of loss come together in a way that makes it feel deeply personal. Truly well done.

What the heck is this mess? The few good actors in this show can't save it from being enormously disappointing. Tons of bad acting. Really bad story lines and tired, old plots make it really difficult to get through every episode Not just depressing but Maggie is the worst person i have ever seen short of a serial killer with no ability to look beyond herself. She is selfish. She is self centered. She is so easily manipulated by those around her and she is soooooo weak. They make her seem like a strong women but portray her and a total wimp. So disappointing. Even more disappointing then Virgin River.

When i began watching it i didn't what to expect ,never heard about the books or so. This is a drama centered on a vacation camp, with several characters you will enjoy and some you don´t, but its nice, sometimes it looks a little amateur like the image of the drone on the water, but nothing to worry too much.

May first feeling about the first two episodes was: This is riding Virgin River wave, and yes ,i was not wrong, if you enjoy Virgin River this is much of the same, a romantic story, hearts broken ,lovely landscapes.

I don´t say this is top , but its enjoyable once you know what to expect. My wife is enjoying it and to be truthful and i am riding the wave...

I tried but I'm out...this show is so depressing that it's impossible to invest in any of the characters. No one smiles, laughs or experiences any joy, it's dark and sad all the time. The actress who plays the paramedic (also the annoying baby mama on Virgin River) is terrible. I am a Scott Patterson fan and grew up close the area where the show is shot, but the constant sorrow and everyone's inability to have adult/meaningful conversations about their feelings/issues is too much. I haven't read the books so I can't compare but I was really looking forward to the show and am super disappointed it didn't seem to make any progress but instead just added one personal crisis after another to the point it was hard to root for anyone.

I agree that the first episode started slow, but it definitely picks up and makes up for it in the rest of the season. This show and the characters are so relatable with real life issues that other shows just don't touch on without being pushed in your face. The last episode was heartbreaking with so many things coming together. I felt so connected to all 3 main characters and their stories.

I love that this show is filmed and set in Nova Scotia with all it's natural beauty. If you like this season support it by recommending it sooner than later to your friends and family. Follow it on social media and leave your IMDB ratings.

I wasn't sure about this after watching 1 episode but sooooooooooo glad that I stuck with it.

The setting is gorgeous. Nova Scotia in Canada and the scenery will blow you away.

Some fine acting going on there and a special mention to Scott Patterson and Chad Michael Murray (Cal who is the heartthrob of the series).

Story centres around Maggie a neurosurgeon who works in Boston who end up being accused of a young boy's death in the trauma room. She returns home to Sullivan's Crossing, a campsite and her family home to a father she barely knows and who she accuses of abandoning her when she was a child when her mother left him and took them to Boston. The finale had me in pieces sobbing. Please!!!! There must be a Season 2 !!!!!!!!

It's a HIT no doubt about it.

You would be crazy not to watch this fine production. I loved it!!!!!!

I was so excited when I started watching this show. The acting was great and it seemed like it had a good storyline. But my word it's constant sadness. Each episode ends with drama. I kept going hoping it would get some light!!!! Well the last episode of the season was downright depressing. If you want to feel sad this is the show for you.

I hope the producers smarten up and have some happy parts.

Well they want me to write more so I can post my review. Hmmmm Not sure what else to say. Maybe watch Heartland...Anne with an E...Schitt's Creek...Anne of Green Gables...

I did give it two stars for the acting. I hope they make some changes. I would give it another go.

What captured me from the get-go is how beautiful the story is. It's genuine, realistic, heartwarming and heartbreaking. The show pulls heart strings with the wonderful soundtrack, natural acting and amazing landscapes of Nova Scotia.

My favourite storyline is that between Maggie and Cal. Big thank you to Chad M Murray for portraying Cal so wonderfully. Chad gives so much deepness and dignity to his character. I believed Cal every single time I saw him in the scene. Of course, there is also Morgan Kohan who portrayed Maggie. I like this edge about Maggie. I like how bold and sensitive her character is. I also really enjoyed the slow pacing and how carefully their relationships unfold, how we find just a new bit with every episode, which builds up a lot of good tension.

As for Sully and Maggie, their story is very touching, but I would like Maggie to be a bit more mature in this. Having some similar experience in my life and watching how much those two need to finally open up to each other, I see Maggie's hesitancy a bit far-fetched. I just hope they manage to put their past behind and get closer in season 2!

It won't be a full review if I don't mention the general atmosphere of the show. It is such a pleasure watching a small and caring community in this beautiful nature. Add here soulful soundtrack and you have a cinematic gem! Can't wait for season 2!

The location in Nova Scotia around the Halifax area is beautiful, perfect for a nice rom-com but this series isn't it. The script is garbage, every conversation in life isn't deep, life is mostly a lot of light interactions. This is a soap opera filmed in a beautiful location, instead of in a movie studio. No one really smiles, people walk around in a melancholic mood, what a depressing group. And I blame the directors who didn't make the acting more natural.

A waste of some good actors, Chad Michael Murray always gives a quality performance, but Morgan Kohan is stiff like she's constipated. Tom Jackson gives a good performance.

Wow this got better and better as the episodes went on. I love the characters and the character development. It was very emotionally charged. I absolutely love Sully's) character and Scott Patterson is brilliant. Cal'scharacter and story is so captivating and. Chad Michael Murray is amazing to look at acting or just to look at.i definitely love the story and where it is set as it's so beautiful. I really hope next season we will have Sullys guilt taken away. This is a beautiful series. I love Virgin River but I now can't decide which I like more. Please bring on season 2 as soon as possible. What a great season!

Too often when books are developed into a movie or series, it's not true to the original story. For this reason, I decided to watch the television version before reading the books so I wouldn't be critical of differences in the story.

Families can be complex, as it is with Maggie Sullivan, her family, and many of the secondary characters. This may be why some reviewers called the show depressing because of the conflicts and emotions being portrayed.

Although the first episode didn't fully draw me into the storyline, as the series progressed I found myself liking it more and more. By the time I reached the last episode, I wasn't wanting it to end. I'm happy there will be a second season and look forward to the continuing story.

Canada, got something else to thank ya for besides poutine and nanaimo bars which are just as good as this show. Seems like all the good shows are coming from Canada now. Only watched the 1st episode but love it already. Seems like almost all of the chars have a secret. I love it and the scenery is gorgeous. The characters development all has a great start. Not going to give anything away. Never saw Chad Murray before and he looks a lot betteer with age under his belt and a bit of hair on his face. I grinned from ear to ear seeing Scott Pattersson again, love his acting. So bout time we had something that tickles me as much as the Gilmore Girls did, maybe this will.

Sorry guys but the plot of this show have nothing in common with the books exept the names of the caracters. It's like sombedy choped the story ,made a puzzle abd build it back incorrectly.

The book is 1000 times better. Funny, easy to read ,beatifull story Robyn Carr you are ROCK!!!!

Maybe the show is based on the books but you didn't do any justice to the books.

The only save you have is an actors chouce and the area where you filmed it.

The place where Sullivans crossing was filmed is breath taking ,beatiful nature, waterfalls.

But thats it .

Chad did a wornderfull job , but he always perfect at what he does.

Was excited for this to air.. Finally! After seeing previews & clips,once it premiered in Canada.

When a few side characters from a more popular series are in it,usually that means they are trying to boost it.. For views,ratings & that is unfortunate.

Honestly it moves very slow & nothing like a series that says alot,but also leaves you hanging in a cryptic fashion.. Ever have a friend that likes to talk & talk,but never gets really to a point or asks for prayers on social media yet won't say why & leaves you hanging in their conclusions? Like that!

Series today unlike years back milk things to death,with many parts & seasons,where it impacts a viewers interest.. Where unlike years back you're not as excited,to see what happens next week-quality cliffhangers are one thing-unlike how it's approached now.

What could of helped,again.. Don't stretch things out,air two episodes or drop all episodes at once.

Give us a few milk bones of closure,resolve,ect.. It won't ruin anything enough,for a viewer to not return.

So far the lead female or any character,isn't likeable enough currently but will give it another chance.

I have not read any book based on this,unsure if that would make a difference? Regardless it's lackluster in several aspects,maybe a bad script or certain actors to their acting but somethings a miss.

Definitely isn't a Virgin River feel,but also think it's trying to playoff in a similar vibe.. So it lacks(loosely)originality or is the Wish version,therefore leaves true fans dissatisfied.

Can't say the scenery or anything is great enough yet,but again will be following up if can get into the series more.

Edit- I watched all 10 episodes even a few a couple times for perspective,but honestly my original review remains it really lacks & feel partly it's due to several(main)actors.

Feel Maggie comes across boring,monotone in talking & lacks emotion.

Sully comes across grumpy & not real great,maybe Maggie inherited his personality.

Even when the show had emergency moments it felt cartoon-ish in approach,easily resolved & no real emotion attached to care.

Hope now that Maggie,got her court stuff resolved.. We get more personality,drama,laughter,love & so forth.

Also maybe Sully can improve,once he confronts his past ghosts.

Will Cal return or not,his role was decent.. Far as the rest of the characters,you don't remember them enough to care & if you do it's rather brief like(when Frank got shot)because of other moments.