Nova TV Opens Its Season With a Series That Is Half Excellent, Half Almost Unwatchable

Nova TV opened its season with a series that can look excellent one moment and almost unwatchable the next. "Slučajna obitelj" has a strong premise and convincing dramatic scenes, but the review argues that its comic side repeatedly pulls it away from what works best.

The story follows three strangers whose lives become intertwined through unusual circumstances. Filip Juričić plays a runaway groom, Romina Tonković portrays a young woman fleeing an abusive partner, and Tit Emanuel Medvešek plays a young man escaping from a home for children without parental care. The three leads work well together, as does the supporting cast.

The series is at its strongest when it takes its drama seriously. Tense music raises the atmosphere at the right moments, and the production looks good. Then the mood abruptly changes. A lively folk tune replaces the suspenseful score, serious characters become exaggerated comic figures, and the humor is reduced to people shouting at one another. The result, the review says, feels once again like watching "Kumovi."

The reviewer acknowledges that "Kumovi" has succeeded and built a substantial audience, but questions why every new domestic series must borrow its elements. "Slučajna obitelj" shows that Nova TV has the production and acting capacity to make a serious dramatic soap opera, the review says. That makes the decision to keep retreating into jokes all the more frustrating. The article also turns to RTL's "Specijalisti Zagreb," praising its serious approach to police investigations, pursuits, weapons and forensic work before the supplied text cuts off.

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