RED THREAD

I don't know why Channel 5 producers see the dire need to (try and) outvie their vis-à-vis over at Channel 8 by trotting out their own 40-part 'blockbuster drama' RED THREAD in the good ol' family-feud-saga tradition of - *gasp* - MASTERS OF THE SEA??
Firstly, 40 × 30-minute episodes don't a blockbuster maketh; it's called prime time-lite. Secondly, vengeful + visually impaired protagonist (or antagonist?) Alex Sung (Adrian Pang, who appears to have problems playing blind) is too precarious for viewers to spend time with. Thirdly, we don't articulate the way the characters do; we use Singlish :-P