I like Thewlis' actng but the plot is cosplay. There is nothing realistic, true to history or believable in it.
I was looking forward to the series but it's this almost parody like, energetic and boasting but rather empty, almost fastasy-like series with historic decorations.
Not literally fantasy but it fails to even try to be anything resembling seriousness or accuracy which is a pity.
Another one of these series where using some historically accurate depicton would have benefited the show immensely. Some female figures were in fact participatnig in the 19th century detective work scenery in London, yet this is all some Broadway-style musical-level happy-go-lucky light-hearted enterntainment.
Having said that, Thewlis is the only one who actually tried to make the most of it with what he has been given. It's a waste of his talent though.
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