The first three episodes
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Such interesting characters, well acted, great presentation of early 1800's England in all of its power and poverty. But it could have been a simple story, told with great impact if it kept to the tracks. But by S01E03 its already digging itself into the murk. People come out of nowhere, problems are resolved without logic, sometimes it seems like the whole show is about Hardy striding around in the mud, greatcoat flapping around his legs, scaring the bejesus out of people.
As usual with these episodic productions that live and breath with seasonal renewal, Episode 1 was fantastic, Episode 2 was pretty darn good and Episode 3 was creeping toward filler dialog etc.
Keep it simple, stupid.
Such interesting characters, well acted, great presentation of early 1800's England in all of its power and poverty. But it could have been a simple story, told with great impact if it kept to the tracks. But by S01E03 its already digging itself into the murk. People come out of nowhere, problems are resolved without logic, sometimes it seems like the whole show is about Hardy striding around in the mud, greatcoat flapping around his legs, scaring the bejesus out of people.
As usual with these episodic productions that live and breath with seasonal renewal, Episode 1 was fantastic, Episode 2 was pretty darn good and Episode 3 was creeping toward filler dialog etc.
Keep it simple, stupid.