to season two of Winners & Losers [...] the acting is patchy, too many of the characters are tinny and the moral is ham-fisted." While Holly Richards from The West Australian said that the storyline surrounding the characters of Sophie, Doug, Bec and Matt was an "awkward situation" and overall "the first episode promises some interesting conflict to come". Ian Cuthbertson from The Australian said that season two is "still centred on four women, defined as losers at school, who win a motza on Oz Lotto". He called it "soap as usual" and questioned why something "interesting" was not done with their winnings, such a living abroad. While Debi Enker of The Age said that the biggest problem in the series was the "relentlessly ham-fisted style". They fail to be subtle because "every potential issue" is predictable and "everything is restated to the point that you want to scream at the screen". Enker added that they had "tweaked" characters and added "new elements" for season two, but it still lacked confidence. She concluded that Winners & Losers needed to remove the soap-style close-ups and "tone down the caricatured aspects of its characters". References External links 2012 Australian television seasons