I knew nothing about this show, but was completely onboard after the initial minutes seeing the subject matter and the message it was relaying, I was hoping they knocked it out the park and became a culturally ubiquitous show that everyone had to see.
Unfortunately it may have been better if they had someone else execute it because despite the huge budget it looks like was allocated, the sheer boredom anyone who likely watches it will incur means it won't get much exposure. Judging by the initial ratings anyone looking for entertainment will quickly skip this, missing a huge opportunity to combine something compelling with a meaningful and current rhetoric.
I can see why they released the 3 episodes together, the first two were painful to get through and the lead actress Sienna Miller didn't do the show any favors (not that anyone else stood out). It was hard to take the whale talk seriously and had to skip that altogether. The third episode provided some respite through the young girl's character and though I don't have any bias towards or against any religion, I seem to have an inexplicably good understanding of Judaism despite not knowing any Jewish people or having any interest in it. After watching Steve Carell in The Patient I thought I had my fill but apparently not...
This view is based on the first 3 episodes, but it didn't take long to realize this as a big miss and am sorry I wasted my time being preached to for something I wholly support that won't resonate the way it needed to due to its misexecution.
As a side-note the production quality on Apple's shows are impeccable but I wish they'd put a bit more thought into making something of substance, as this is becoming a predictable pattern with their releases.
Unfortunately it may have been better if they had someone else execute it because despite the huge budget it looks like was allocated, the sheer boredom anyone who likely watches it will incur means it won't get much exposure. Judging by the initial ratings anyone looking for entertainment will quickly skip this, missing a huge opportunity to combine something compelling with a meaningful and current rhetoric.
I can see why they released the 3 episodes together, the first two were painful to get through and the lead actress Sienna Miller didn't do the show any favors (not that anyone else stood out). It was hard to take the whale talk seriously and had to skip that altogether. The third episode provided some respite through the young girl's character and though I don't have any bias towards or against any religion, I seem to have an inexplicably good understanding of Judaism despite not knowing any Jewish people or having any interest in it. After watching Steve Carell in The Patient I thought I had my fill but apparently not...
This view is based on the first 3 episodes, but it didn't take long to realize this as a big miss and am sorry I wasted my time being preached to for something I wholly support that won't resonate the way it needed to due to its misexecution.
As a side-note the production quality on Apple's shows are impeccable but I wish they'd put a bit more thought into making something of substance, as this is becoming a predictable pattern with their releases.