I had heard so much about this show and all the "rave" reviews, and since I am looking for a long series of something decent to watch, I thought I'd just check out a couple of the Season 7 episodes currently being shown here in Australia, to see if it was worth starting from the very beginning. I'll need to look elsewhere - because this show blows hugely. I am embarrassed to think that other countries are seeing this steaming pile of garbage. Individually, quite a few of the actors have done some really good work - in other Australian productions. But this load of crap called "Offspring" does them no favours. EVERYONE over-acts so much it's positively laughable. Especially the Nina and Billie characters. They are not 'quirky', they are simply annoyingly stupid.I'm more than prepared to suspend belief to a certain extent when I watch films/TV shows but this is in a whole other realm of 'fantasy'. I felt nothing but extremely irritated, even angry, whenever Nina or her sister appeared on-screen with their stupid dialogue and over-reactive facial expressions to what seems like EVERYTHING.It beggars belief that it has lasted a whole 7 Seasons. Has it been a gradual decline into what is now absolute nonsense? I understand this is the last Season. I'm not surprised!! Thank god it is being retired and will thankfully no longer be shown on our screens. Good riddance.

Seven full seasons of this awesome, addictive Aussie series couldn't have come at a better time. Our protagonist, hardworking OB Nina Proudman, lives within shouting distance of her extended "nut bar" family members in a scruffy/trendy Melbourne suburb. She may remind you a bit of Elliot on "Scrubs"---gorgeous but socially challenged, "neurotic, often obsessive" (says her admiring boss, quite the nut bar himself) and frequently trapped inside her own head. The workplace comedy stuff is entertaining, the tale of Nina's search for love with a series of "moody, damaged" colleagues is quite relatable, and the show has lots of insightful things to say about the difficulties and rewards of family life. Plot lines are suspenseful and involving, sometimes melodramatic (casual sex often results in the titular offspring; season 5 is a lot more like "Parenthood" than "Scrubs" ), and the writers do resort to some shameless romcom shtick to keep things moving, esp. in the earlier episodes---panting lovers kept apart by doofy misunderstandings and cell phone glitches and whatnot---but I'm guessing you're not going to mind any of that very much. Btw, who- or whatever (primitive voice-rec software?) transcribed the CC doesn't have much of an ear for the elusive Aussie accent: "my way" (pron. "my why") comes out as "my wife" in the captions, "Tongan chick" as "tongue in cheek" and "feeling wretched" as "feeling rat sh*t."

..yes, you do have to view an inordinate number of babies being delivered. But once you get passed that.. you have purview to one of the best comedy-dramas on-screen (big-screen or small). This is top-shelf stuff, all elements.. and the two leads will be bonded forever in real life. You'll be hard pressed to find another pair forever sealed together more deeply. It's very special to see it happen, and you'll be hard pressed to find another production to find transitioning to new life-partners as seamlessly as this one. The entire ensemble cast is flawless.. to the one they are remarkable. All that previously detailed was written prior to the sixth season. But so far several episodes into S6, it has been an absolute disaster. So much has dramatically changed, and considering the lead cast members are mostly still in place, it has to be behind the cameras where the changes have occurred causing the meltdown. What a total disappointment.. they were easily good for another several seasons had they kept the winning team in place.. now, it's surely a swift and utterly regrettable demise.

I love this Ally McBeal meets General Hospital series out of Australia. The family is loving, caring, confused, conflicted and above all "together".This is a train I'm compelled to take every night.Nina is hilarious as the imaginative 30'ish ingenue, who has a special way of dealing with conflict (thats an understatement ) But what a delightful trip.Each cast member injects their own special personality. Deborah Mailman is a delight and her writers are spot on with their delivery and her magical way of inspiring a vibrant spirit without taking away from anyone else. She is true to herself and has that rare quality of helping others shine. I'm addicted