User Reviews

Nothing happened until the last 10 minutes. It was just a draggy journey through France with boring conversations. I expected far more from a midseason episode.

All this hoo ha, about mating, making babies, Diana as a modern woman should be able to sort out a way to mate without making babies. This episode is ok but not great.

Bring back season 1 writers and directors! I can't even get through each episode! Season 1 was wonderful In every way! This season is poorly written. The lighting is so dark you can't even make out faces or set design. The music is misplaced. I can't imagine that Deborah Harkness approved the adaptation this season. The story totally misses Matthew's emotional struggle at seeing Phillipe again. Diana is too angry this season. In the books, Diana was awestruck by 1590 Sept Tours and Phillipe. She was excited to be given the household keys to learn all she could as a historian in an ancient household. Kit and Louisa were not interesting in the books so why give them a larger story line in the series? If new writers and directors are not used for season 3, I won't watch. I'm not sure I can get through season 2. Sad because I watched season 1 3 times it was so well written and directed.

She slaps and shoves Matthew across the room in S2E5 and I couldn't be more appalled. What if Matthew had done this to her? We'd call him abusive. This is a double standard. Abuse is abuse. It was a blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene that didn't even need to be in the show. It added nothing to the story except for a lead heroine to perpetuate abusing a significant other. I really enjoyed the show before this, and now I'm turned off. I'm not sure if I want to continue. I don't understand how this got passed the whole cast and crew without someone questioning whether it was abusive or not. It does show how she grows more patient in later episodes, but beyond that there's no need for it. Even if Matthew doesn't mind... It's still abuse. Very disappointed in Diana's behavior.