i have a good friend tell me i would find this hilarious and which have historically always be a bad sign . after sit through 2 and half episode and try to force the occasional smile and i could stand it no longer . it not that it spectacularly bad and it just that it be and at best and average in every respect . the humour be predictable . gormsby dialogue wear thin after the first couple of line . the acting be dire for all but a couple of the main character ( gormsby and that fat pe teacher ) and the few dramatic element be plastic and hollow and laboured . don not get me wrong . it great that a low budget show from nz of all place have do well outside it country of origin . and thank god there no laugh track and but christ and i have to voice a counter opinion to all this wanton praise since i have sit through repeat viewing of it now ( with the aforementioned friend and his flatmate ) and i honestly hate it . now this might be ask for it and but be i the only one .