Michael B Davis

The 5th and final season pulled on every heart string--especially the last episode, "When the Saints go Marching in." Well done, well done.

Surprisingly good. Elizabeth Harman, superbly played by Anya Taylor-Joy, is perfectly intense for a chest master in the making. Raised by an entirely dysfunctional and suicidal mother until orphaned at 9 years of age and placed in an equally dysfunctional orphanage. Elizabeth finds salvation in the form of a reclusive janitor when she discovers him playing chess by himself in the basement. He reluctantly allows her to play after she convinces him that she has a keen sense of observation when, after only a single encounter, she describes the different directions each chess piece moves. It is from there that Elizabeth, sometimes awkwardly, but quickly outgrows her mentor. And, with sheer brilliance, grit, and dogged determination, she fights her way up to compete at the world tournament master level chess class. Seven relatively short and eventful episodes,. I hope you take the time to watch. Well done.

What? Over already?! Eight episodes...Season 1...sigh...Season 2? No word yet...will there be another season? Sissy and J.K., two actors who brought their A-Game to "Night Sky." The episodes slowly unraveled the storyline of their lives: grief, loss, longing, hope renewed, distrust, intrigue, fear, jealousy, sacrifice, and more. Sissy and J.K.'s characters' relationship with one another, though strong, is tested by a mysterious outsider, Jude, whom Sissy immediately embraces, and J.K. constantly resists his presence in their home but relents because of his wife's wishes...her happiness is his first and last priority, and anything that threatens that awakens the pit-bull within. I thoroughly enjoyed Night Sky, and I found myself feeling let down that I had already watched all of the episodes in what seemed like such a short evening. Thank you, Netflix, for this. Please disregard the one and two-star reviews...they do not reflect the majority of viewers who were rewarded by watching this unexpectedly well-acted and well-developed storyline. Too much Battle Star Galactica, perhaps.