[Lyford]

I couldn't watch it. I know the books too well, having read all of them 10+ times. Stout was a genius...

And it was obvious that the people involved loved the books the way that I do, but there were too many little differences between what I envision and what they performed for me to be able to enjoy it.

[Athwart]

Yes, I watched a few of them but had the same sort of problem: well done, but hard to watch for those of us who know all the little details. I didn't want the images from the series to interfere with my many fiture rereadings of those great books. I share your high opinion of Stout. His level of craft was astonishing.

I was impressed by Tim Hutton's performances as Archie. I really wouldn't have thought he could do it, but he did. The actor who plays Wolfe did a decent job, but turned splenetic too often, didn't have quite a deep or commanding enough voice, and was not quite able to pull off Wolfe's regal dignity or sense of humor. I believe that there was only one man capable of portraying Wolfe perfectly, and I regret that it never happened: Orson Welles.