Easy to find fault with visual representations of California in the 50's, but that is beside the point. Likewise an element of disbelief (that professional women with ongoing security restraints demanded by their respective governments) could operate so freely and independently as detectives. But then, this TV series is really about something else, namely, raising social consciousness in telling the larger story of women after World War 11 in both Great Britain (I prefer that title) and the United States.
Each of the female characters here is purposely superior to male counterparts, reflecting an ongoing levelling effect of the war on social structures within these two basically democratic nations. In the course of telling individual life stories that are just OK, that is the recurrent theme. Additionally, a 21st century audience is made aware of bare beginnings at that time identifying retrograde attitudes of racism, machismo, homophobia, and political corruption.
As noted, I do not mind a few anachronisms or verbal slips. The old cars are actually very like what I remember, except for some odd aftermarket colors.
Review of The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco
