I adore the books, and Alfred Molina is indeed excellent as Gamache, but why make something so different from the soul of the books? The other two detectives are fine, though I donโt recall that Isabelle was an indigenous single parent, but the rest of the cast is wooden and the writing atrocious! Soap operas would be embarrassed by the dialogue!
And why doesnโt Gamache have the Oxbridge accent he has in the books, which would be easier for Molina?
We couldnโt even finish the hotel episodeโฆ.fail!!!