The Porter

This is a really well done production of a good story idea with great acting, a likeable, admirable hero, and very unlikable bad guy (already in episode 1). My only hangup is that I'm really tired of feeling angry at white-black American history. I think the racism portrayed is realistic- and important to the story- but do films focused on racial injustice evoke resentment and defensiveness, further salting that social wound? We can never forget history, however painful and ugly, if we want to avoid the same mistakes. But sometimes that doesn't seem compatible with healing and moving forward. Anyway, def worth a watch based on an award-worthy first episode.

The story is excellent, the acting is superb, the CGI - is pathetic.

Every mini series of the CBC's I've watched is the exact same - great actors, great story, but the stage/CGI looks like a grade school production. . .

I did not know this show was coming out but I'm glad iv got on my BET+ app for something and came across it. Great show! I hope there's a season 2 and I don't have to wait forever. I like the characters and the plot. The actors do a great job some are known and others I have never seen before but they all seem to have been committed to their role and made it work perfectly! I think Zeke is my favorite. I also like the history part, it sparked my interests enough to research. I always thought that Canada did got deal with racism and colorist issues like the US did and while they may not have been as bad there were some issues there. Overall excited I stumbled on this series. Bet plus has to do a better job at handling advertising. More people would subscribe if they could watch content like this.

This is must see television. The cast and story is top notch. Crossing my fingers this show is renewed for seasons to come. Shows like this are often put aside or canceled for no apparent reason. Thanks to BET for making this happen.

I loved the premise of this series; but I thought the execution really lost track of what could have been a compelling story.

What I thought the series was going to examine was black porters, many combat veterans from World War I, seeking to unionize and gain fair wages and treatment while working on the railroads.

Instead, it became sort of a three-headed monster that took almost all the focus away from that premise. We spend the majority of the show following one of the porters working with a Chicago mobster on a gambling endeavor, a dancer in an interracial relationship with the buffoonish son of the railroad owner in a quest to blossom her career, and a nurse working to improve the lives of black citizens who becomes entangled in a house of ill-repute.

The side-stories had some interest for me and the acting is fairly good for the most part; but the main story of racism and unionization is left to fight for scraps.

I wish they spent more time on the porters in their jobs and the struggles they faced. When it did focus on that, I was largely interested. When it strayed, I found my attention wandering.

It really just lost track of what the story was about, IMO.