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Signed, Sealed, Delivered (@SSD_TV #POstables), original title Dead Letters, is a new drama and romantic comedy television show on Hallmark Channel, only two episodes has been aired plus a backdoor pilot television movie which was originally broadcast in last October.

I couldn’t remember when was the last time I watched anything on Hallmark Channel, nor could I really name any show has been on the channel for the last few yeas.

First of all, I truly recommend this series, I know what you thought because same came to my mind when I only glanced at its poster before I watched it. This series is different than others you watch, no one is really the bad guy, even there is, you probably won’t feel that you want to punch that person so badly.

Its poster is almost dreamy look, like a show about fantasy, stories for audiences aged ten or below, or read by the parents to the toddlers at their bedtimes. Truth to be told, they are all true, but the show is like a revise of a toy label “For Under 6,” by adding a new number before the age, crossing a word, then set a new range.

For 6-66

And the “66” upper limit age is just a suggestion, as long as you ain’t too tired (or too old) to watch, you are good.

Yes, it certainly is 100% unrealistic, if you haven’t yet guessed or got the sense from the poster, I wonder what you have been doing during the time sitting in front of television. You should have realized that before you yell “this show is so unrealistic.”

Two things, anything comes from the color box is always gets a huge discount, and never one thing it’s real you see on television regardless the channel is on. Secondly, of course, it’s not realistic, even the show doesn’t need much brain power to watch and understand, you should have known what you are going to get without a brain to figure that out.

Either you start with the pilot movie or the first episode, you immediately could tell from Oliver O’Toole’s outfit, that something seems out of space or time. Not only his dress, but also how he moves, gestures, talks. Even he is like being pulled from 50s or 60s and plugged into 21st century. That’s his character, and that’s what make the some interesting.

Shane McInerney (Kristin Booth), or Shelly as Oliver wants to avoid “Shane, Come Back!”, is going to be love interest of Oliver (Eric Mabius) I believe, and she is like the Yin side of Yin-yang. Somewhat pushing Oliver around to “deliver the letter” to the unknown recipient or back to the sender.

The two supporting characters—both were in the canceled Primeval: New World in 2012/3—the “free-spirited” Rita (Crystal Lowe) and “oddly-intuitive” techie Norman (Geoff Gustafson) are a strange duo, and I think they are the weakest link of the show since they both have traits of “geeky” or “nerdy.” Maybe that’s because how geeks and nerds get together in real world, but this is television show, not for real.

Anyway, the pilot was good, first two episodes were nice. Spoilers Alert! So far all are with happy ending, the girl Andrea doesn’t die of Hodgkin lymphoma disease, the kid reunites with grandma, the young woman Samila meets the solider Buzz at her graduation, finally.

They are all fairy tales, unrealistic, because nobody would ever believe United States Postal Service employees would go such length to deliver a dead letter, just as Shane doesn’t have faith in that officer who handles their case in public affairs of Army, when she claims no more information and hides the second letter.

Putting a stamp on a letter and sending it out there into the world is an act of faith.

Again, this proves this is a happy show, because the same officer helps them locate the solider at their second visit to the office, then he even delivers the Purple Heart that the corporal intentionally left behind in hospital bed.

In the second episode, To Whom It May Concern, Samila asks Oliver why they are doing this, and he answers

Well this age of tweets and texts and […] people take for granted, forget how to read and write. And perhaps nobody understand more than us whose job is to deliver a letter.

She says, “but this is just one letter,” and he then responds with the deepest sincerity, “not to you, not to both of us.”

Frankly, it sounds cliché, but still touching. These four Postal Detetives, if there was really a such title, these letters are

by the four from Dead Letter Office who are “Licensed to Deliver.”