Review of A Discovery of Witches

I haven't read the books, so I'm unprejudiced by the source material. This isn't the worst tv, but the tropes are well-used and pretty predictable but I've also only seen series one, so can't speak to further character and plot development. It probably borrows the best bits of Twilight's gothic fantasy of advanced communities of 'monsters' co-habitating with the human world, but de-tweens it, with a dash of Outlander's more adult characters and themes. Like both other series, it leans heavily into the consequences of inter-relationships between groups historically separated by time, bloodline, culture and history. Of course, the 21st century thus far lands these themes firmly at the centre of the zeitgeist. Series leads Teresa Palmer and Matthew Goode have believable chemistry and while some of the action sequences are definitely tv-grade, the locations and sets general uphold some pretty good production values. This didn't dazzle me but it's an ok solid watch.