Kelly Whitaker

Much like Archetypes, this show is very professionally done, gets at some big societal issues and mixes in a ton of star power, and for all of that, their audience is fairly slim- more liberal people who aren't also anti-monarchy/eat the rich. Are there cringy moments? Sure- just like there are in William and Kate's appearances, or Charles' and Camilla's. It's an interesting look into their lives and it was interesting to hear about Meg's niece. The issues around Empire and wealth were clearly and directly handled. I just don't think people are able to judge the content fairly- so much baggage.

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Veering at times between sitcom antics and Hallmark Christmas movie, this second flawed adaptation of the engrossing and thematically complicated book by Audrey Niffenegger, HBO's The Time Traveller's Wife is still a step up from the hazy, under realized film. Both works suffer from a desire to "normalize" the love story by eliminating some of the grittier aspects of Niffenegger's original work, and HBO's production appears to have been pitched as Bridgerton-meets-sci-fi, with all that might, ahem, "entail." Plenty of naked bums, and some successful handling of complex time travel scenes, but a cloying relationship between the leads. If you know and love the book, temper your expectations.