I've been looking forward to this series for so long and have been reading all of the recent negative critic feedback.
I decided to watch the first few episodes to see for myself and I hate to say it but there were large parts that are cringey, contrived, or just boring to watch. In my opinion, Jared Harris is miscast as Absalom - it didn't work for me at all. The specific comments about the lack of chemistry between Bloom and Delevigne are not over exaggerated initially.
HOWEVER...you start to see the chemistry growing eventually, especially in the later episodes. I was really feeling it between them by the end. You start to realize that Philo is a "broken thing" and he's shutdown to a lot of the world which explains Blooms approach. Unfortunately things get started clunky and slow and many critics only watch the first few episodes.
Outside of the two mains, there are other relationships that have easily guessed but fun storylines to watch, especially Imogen and Agreus.
By episode 6 (which is definitely very late in the season) it felt like a lot of things were starting to click.
GIVE THE SHOW A TRY! It's not the "new GOT" but it's a fun watch for what it is.
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