I usually love period pieces, especially if they are some sort of police procedural. For the most part, I simply could not care about the characters, especially the guest stars. To be blunt, I really did not like nor dislike them. Anyone else? Thoughts?
On paper, the show checked several boxes for me, but I watched four episodes and was uninterested in any of the characters, solved one case myself before the end of the first ep of the two parter, and was just bored in general. I also felt way too much time was spent on backstorys, with painfully slow and predictable reveals.
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LeoIrishMar 24, 2026
+2
I got through 5, but starting e6 seemed too much like a chore. Whenever that happens, I just stop.
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longjumpingtoteMar 23, 2026
+1
This is how I feel about most shows. I may get all the way through the pilot but I’ll just decide that the show isn’t for me.
For most of the history of television, shows needed to have very broad appeal it was limited. Time was limited, space was limited, he wanted a show that everybody liked. That would define a hit.
Now we have niche programming. A show is a hit if you have a loyal enough demographic watching it. It’s not even as important how many there are, but how many of them finish the seasons. Period drama isn’t even its own niche anymore.
The television landscape today, it would be strange if anybody liked shows. There are more than 500 shows every year in the US in Canada alone. Bookish wasn’t for me either.
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Seagoon_MemoirsMar 23, 2026
I thought it was dumbed down and pandered to social fads.
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