I waited until the last episode to write a review, though I did read many other reviews after each episode. I wanted to find out if others felt the same as I did, that this series feels like it could be really good, but there are parts of it that either doesn't make any sense, or there's just too much going on all at once.
I have never read the book, so I can't comment as to how authentic and true it is, but as series I find the storyline intriguing. Lee Pace fits his role like a glove, as though born to play it, and holds his end up really well throughout. Without his storyline I may have given up a while ago. I'm glad I stuck it out, because the last few episodes have set up well for season 2, where it seems like things may pick up and stories come together to help make sense of all the broken parts in Season 1.
I admire the ambition of the project and I hope the producers take the audience's feedback and improve on execution, because I would hate to see this show gets cancelled.
A 9 for this episode, but I'd give it a 7 for the whole season that could have been an 8 or even a 9 if not for somew major stumbling in trying to do too much all at once.
