[jjhunsecker]

Well after 22 hours of story telling by Spielberg & others we ended the show with a "Thud" and the series ended up being a "Dud".
With all the time alloted for such an ambitious project I expected a great deal more. It didn't have to be special effects driven to work it needed to tell a better story and also have some better actors.
What could have been a marvelous, fascinating story turned out to be at best a muddling soap opera.
There were times that some aspects were explored okay and some that took us up to a point then left us there without any explanation as to what happened. Case in point was Mrs. Clark, they took us up to where her son left her and then we never saw her again till her death scene.
Some periods of time were largely skipped over and we never knew what happened to some of the characters.
And those two scenes where Mary Crawford (a) had her Father killed, then (b) where she shot and killed her lover and confidant, were either of those really neccessary?
The bottom line is that Spielberg squandered a great opportunity to tell a truly great story starting where he did and what he gave us was basically a Third Rate 22 hour slow moving soap opera.

[BikerNYC]

And those two scenes where Mary Crawford (a) had her Father killed, then (b) where she shot and killed her lover and confidant, were either of those really neccessary?

They were two of the most interesting scenes. Unfortunately, the series did little with them and the ending was a let down.

[Quix]

Spielberg squandered a great opportunity to tell a truly great story starting where he did and what he gave us was basically a Third Rate 22 hour slow moving soap opera.

I STRONGLY agree.

VERY DISAPPOINTING. Should have been beneath his dignity--if he had any.