Brigitte

The story is fascinating and nuanced - there is a lot of suspense especially in regards to Florence, Eunice and Runihura’s motivations, which kept me guessing until the end. Some of the character development with a scope this large gets lost to the detriment of the program - especially Kate Ashby, who lacked subtlety. I would have liked to have known what energizes her, makes her laugh or what she wishes/dreams of instead of the exhausting and overwrought anger, outrage, and despair over 8 episodes. I was also somewhat unconvinced and a bit annoyed by the suggestion that she would be attracted to Ennis (Goodman), who was clearly supposed to be a father figure - it was so unnecessary to the story. All the other characters made more sense. Ultimately though, if at times the dialogue was a bit melodramatic and stagy, overall, I really liked this series, with its literary and historical allusions, and I would love to see more programming with similar political complexities - reminiscent of themes in The Constant Gardener.