You see, it's a show about suicide. Nate takes his own life (it's not really a spoiler because it happens in the first episode and this is ep two) and his spirit ends up hanging around best mate Charlie.

Charlie already has his own troubles; he and his wife separated a year ago but he's still not over it.

So at the heart the show is about men, suicide and how they deal with their feelings.

It's funny - the interplay between Nate and Charlie especially so - but it never comes at the expense of the seriousness of the story.

That's a good thing; make the show too funny and its depth and serious message could get overwhelmed.

The worst type of reality TV show is the type that thrives on manufactured conflicts.

Sure, they tell us they've hooked up this girl and that guy because they're perfect for each other, but really it's because they're likely to provoke each other.

And even if they don't, off-camera staff will prod them into it. And if that doesn't work, then they'll fix it in the edit.

Shows that exist to humiliate, hurt or shame people are just horrible creations.

On the opposite end of the spectrum are the reality shows that take the word "reality" seriously.

They take us into the goings-on of some place, or occupation, and let us see what it's really like. They don't manufacture things, they just let the cameras roll.

One example of this the SBS series Inside Sydney Airport. It does exactly what it says on the tin - shows us how the country's largest airport operates.

It's fascinating because, while many of us have been in that airport, we're all just passing through.

The idea is to get in and get out - as quickly as possible, if you don't mind.

We don't give a thought to what's going on behind the scenes - with the exception of wondering why our baggage doesn't come out on the carousel faster.

But you start watching this show and you realise just how much is going on backstage to keep everything running.

In this first episode we get to see staff respond to an unattended package in an arrivals area and baggage inspectors find a bullet in a passenger's luggage.

It doesn't sound like too big a deal, until they tell you of cases where someone brings in a bullet, someone else brings in a gun and they meet up later to do something nefarious.

It's eye-opening and very interesting.

The over-riding concept in this series sees every episode start with a court case.

From there you have to watch the rest of the show to find out what the lead character was charged with and whether or not they dodged jail.

It's an interesting and different concept - but one that tends to lose that flavour with every episode starting the same way.