The story and the two actors in ewen McGregor and Jimmy Smits are absolutely spectacular. The rest of the acting in this series is atrocious. I will never understand why we have to watch minorities that cannot act. Acting is art. It is a craft. It is a trade skill why would we not want the best especially in this beautiful wonderful story. The black chick is not even an actress. She is so bad I feel bad for the rest of the cast. She confuses the rest of cast with her Q's you can see it. She has to be related to someone.