I think imizrahi2002 's COMMENT is dead right. The first episodes are great espionage, intrigue and just what one would expect from John LaCarre. Besides the fact that LaCarre published TNM in 1993, the viewer should be advised that the makers of this series vastly altered locales and characters. Such can be forgiven BUT NOT the series' descent into soapy melodrama. imizrahi2002 is correct that events in the last few episodes are both implausible and poorly staged. No offense to Elizabeth Debicki ("Jed") but her character was too stereo-typically femme fatale. Olivia Coleman's "Burr" (male in the book) becomes increasingly fussy and melodramatic ala Angela Lansbury. Hugh Laurie's "Roper" is too unflawed, erudite, etc. Enormous money spent on settings, props, etc., would have been better spent on writing, conceiving, etc.
Review of The Night Manager
