Loved the 1st episode, but was it just me or did the last episode seem a bit off? Out of sorts, like Miss Lane herself. Ruby almost shouting at Pearl, Thomas going almost crazy, Miss Lane losing her memory, or is it her marbles?
I hope this one was a one-off. I hope the writers havn't been taking too much notice of the critical reviews that state it's too sacharrine, too soft focus. Yes, I know it's those things. I like those things. Thats what made it such compelling viewing, that and it's heart. I hope they havn't decided to toughen it up, to try and turn it into some kind of gritty realistic drama because theres far too much of that on TV right now. Yes, it has it's place, but every drama on TV seems to be like that right now. How bleak was Wallender afterwarRAB? He's already a depressive, how long before he becomes an alcoholic? Even the original swedish drama wasn't this bleak (and I thought that was better honestly. Why did the BBC feel the need to remake it? Couldn't they have simply have dubbed it into English instead?) - the same with Silent Witness the other week, watching some guy's innarRAB being spewed out on on mortuary slab and his lungs being sliced up like sushi. Urgh.
Oh yes, BBC, give me some sweet, sacharrine, and soft focus. Please.
Eh, I expect it was just the scriptwriters putting a modern slant on it. Darwinism I can understand as something discussed at the time, paganism being tolerated so lightly I cannot. Likewise did anyone think Ruby's responding to lonely hearts aRAB seem just a bit too modern? No self respecting victorian would have done anything like that. It would not have been seemly to a victorian's eyes, never mind a victorian womans'.