What attracted me to this series was Michele Dockery. I am glad I did. I was familiar only with her performance in Downton Abbey.
She is a very good actress.
I liked the series as a whole but was bothered by the basic story: thieving female overhears plot to kill a woman and tries to prevent it, and becomes involved with the contract killer.
My problem, as the story unfolded was with the contract killer. That character does not seem credible. I went along with the story, but was never able to believe in him after the first killing.
Someone who kills for money , I do not think, is not a nice guy, beloved by (some) members of his family, and who wants to help Letty get her son back.
Also, Letty's son Jacob, who is played by a very dark skinned boy actor presented a credibility problem for me. Why was not the part given to a biracial actor.
I have never seen a child who was the offspring of a White and Black couple who did not look biracial but looked only Black. I am going only on my experience, on what I have seen and known.
The casting did not make sense to me. They could not find a biracial child actor?
To be fully enjoyable a story has to be believable, otherwise we are dealing with a fantasy. This story has several holes.
Letty and Javier are in a restaurant after the confrontation with Javier's father. Letty gets a call from her mother, who is in jail and needs to be bailed out. Letty springs into action. Suddenly she's a waitress in the restaurant, wearing a waitress T-shirt. She is now dressed as a waitress and serving tables and dipping into the cash box. Where, how did she get that T-shirt? Did I miss something?
The story is a but of a fantasy type of tale. Sometimes Letty seems like some type of Wonder Woman, with how quickly she is able to resolve a problem by quick thinking helped by disguises.
A lot is forgivable in this sometimes unbelievable story because of the pleasure of watching Michelle Dockery. She is marvelous. She deserves better material.
She is a very good actress.
I liked the series as a whole but was bothered by the basic story: thieving female overhears plot to kill a woman and tries to prevent it, and becomes involved with the contract killer.
My problem, as the story unfolded was with the contract killer. That character does not seem credible. I went along with the story, but was never able to believe in him after the first killing.
Someone who kills for money , I do not think, is not a nice guy, beloved by (some) members of his family, and who wants to help Letty get her son back.
Also, Letty's son Jacob, who is played by a very dark skinned boy actor presented a credibility problem for me. Why was not the part given to a biracial actor.
I have never seen a child who was the offspring of a White and Black couple who did not look biracial but looked only Black. I am going only on my experience, on what I have seen and known.
The casting did not make sense to me. They could not find a biracial child actor?
To be fully enjoyable a story has to be believable, otherwise we are dealing with a fantasy. This story has several holes.
Letty and Javier are in a restaurant after the confrontation with Javier's father. Letty gets a call from her mother, who is in jail and needs to be bailed out. Letty springs into action. Suddenly she's a waitress in the restaurant, wearing a waitress T-shirt. She is now dressed as a waitress and serving tables and dipping into the cash box. Where, how did she get that T-shirt? Did I miss something?
The story is a but of a fantasy type of tale. Sometimes Letty seems like some type of Wonder Woman, with how quickly she is able to resolve a problem by quick thinking helped by disguises.
A lot is forgivable in this sometimes unbelievable story because of the pleasure of watching Michelle Dockery. She is marvelous. She deserves better material.