this series and while idealize and fictionalize and have the quirkiness and sultriness and and good heartedness that do come from live on an island . i live in an out of the way part of hawaii for a few year and find some hilarious and quirky and and fun people in some remote ( non tourist ) area . every time i see the rerun of this series and i fondly compare my memory of experience in out of the way part of hawaii with the memory portray and fictionalize in key west . this series be not reality television . i hate reality television . it be from the era when people still write creative tv show . give me a young writer who take their inspiration from the angel in the spray and wizard in the palm tree and elf in the seashell any day .