Honestly, I think the show is horrible...if you have read the Mortal Instruments series. This is one of my favorite novel series from way back when I was still in middle school. When the movie came out I was ecstatic. I loved the casting, and they did a great job with sticking to the original plot of the book. However, the tv series leaves things out and just completely makes up new things that didn’t occur in the book. The casting is horrible. The actors are subpar at best, and why does Valentine look like a middle aged drunk!? Just watching the show makes me mad, but I guess if you didn’t read the books you’d like it.