I've never written a bad review about anything that wasn't offensive, that is if it wasn't sexist, or racist, but this series was offensive in its sheer awfulness. And this is because clearly many of the people involved in making it are talented. It's so bad that I found myself saying out load, this is so, so, stupid. I don't know why I watched the entire season. Perhaps I was hypnotized by the sheer idiocy of it? The cast was good, other than a few times when a couple of the actors chewed up the scenery. But the story line, and the dialogue - good Lord! The whole thing was made up of scrapes of the story line, and dialogue from movies everyone has seen hundreds of times, but in this case it was all much more poorly done. It almost makes me angry that all those resources, and talented people were wasted making this thing. I hope they learn from it. Please do better for the public. We need good escapist fantasy during these difficult times. Please don't make us suffer more than we have to.
Review of The Essex Serpent
