Real min done nid soobtihuls in Lochdobh. Fear you Mearcans, thots pronounced Lockdoo, buh only we Lockdobhians kin octually hear the bay sown ah the en oh it. We av are own littul warld hayre in Lackdobh en done care fear nuthin in year warld. Ware? Ware you say? You fight year own wares, cause we done have nuthin to do with year wares. Ceptin, of cairse, when pear ol Bella wen wundering off to Lockdobh Ilin and fail asleep standin oop ofter she staped on uh lan mine lafte over from Warld Ware Too. Of cairse, if thare is trubble, you kin count on Hamish MacBeth, PC te be thare (Fear you Mearcans, thots Police Constable MacBeth, if you please). Like the time wen young McCrae was warekin the winch for Andys inland whale boat tour for the tourists and the winch broke an the woodin whale tearnd up-side-down and in ull of the commotion, bricks of hash floated to the searface. Now, young McCrae, who is uz dumb uz the bock of a shovel didn know whot they wear and fed em to the cows. He culled em cow cakes. This cust old McCrae a pretty penny wen the cows et uh weeks wearth of hay over night. En trubble is close te ome for MacBeth, it is, who juz appens to be porkin Alexandra, who juz appens to be jailous of MacBeths fleartin with the young reporter, Isabell. Yuh see, Alex is suppost to be takin bearth control pills, but ol TV John fown hair littul pill package in the bin an she adnt taken a singul one. Air the time when the Preacher kem runnin out of the bearnin bairn, saying thet he dropped the lantairn when he saw the Red-Eyed Beast. Boot, wuhtee didn know wuzz thet someone ad seen the Hari Krishna guy runnin oot the back door of the bairn, pullin oop iz pants in uh hairy. Air the time when McCrae en Son broke intuh Rorys grocery to steal the salt so they culd raise thear lobstairs in uh vat in thear bairn. Wuh they didn know wuzz thet thear was a maredare and someone dumped the body into the vat and the lobstairs et im up and everyone from Inverness to Lochness got tearbly eel.

I thin yeh git me message hair. Lockdobh is a waaaanderful place, it is. En as long as the Stag Bar keeps the shelf full uh 12 year old single malts, it will stay thot way. Buchagottoo pay attention air yill miss the clues en the foonny stooff. En if yeh do pay attention en yeh let year garlfren make yeh sit through the entire fairst season in two nights, yill be talkin like this fear weeks. Four point five stars.

Got to goo now. I haird some more uh those cow cakes av bean washin ashore

"Hamish, this place you live in..." "It's called Lochdubh." "Would I like it there?" "You'd love it there. You'd love it." No Man Is An Island - Series 2 Quirky, endearing characters brought to life by a wonderful ensemble cast. Don't look for complicated plotlines, just relax and enjoy this sweet, earnest series.

Someone who has read the Hamish MacBeth books may be disappointed because most of the TV series main characters (village folk who are MacBeth's friends) have different names and personalities than the characters in the books. Also... don't expect the typical British murder mystery... in fact in the first season there were no murders to solve. As they say.... There is a little bit o' larceny in every Scotsman's heart, so there are a lot of petty crimes and shennanigans for constable Hamish MacBeth to solve. MacBeth is a rascal in his own way... not above bending the law when it suits him... but always looking out for the folks in the village. The characters, village and scenery are vintage Scotland. I found season 1 to be VERY amusing and entertaining. I am looking forward to release of season 2 on DVD. 

Update 10/3/07.... I have viewed the 2nd season episodes and was very disappointed. The charm and hi-jinks that made the first season episodes so enjoyable are totally lacking in the 2nd season. Instead, you get a brooding, self pitying Hamish MacBeth. The plots are NOT up to caliber and the episodes drag. I'd rate the second season "2-stars" at best.

Whimsical British mystery. The quirkiness of the of the townspeople and the plot makes this mystery fun to watch.