Charming and brutal

Blistering performances.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

If you love history you'll love this series. Actual decent acting and the twist and turns keeps you hooked. Fun to watch

What a waste of good actors and what a poor production. This is more a Harlequin novel adaptation than a serious attempt to provide an informative yet entertaining series. Within a minute of the beginning a clumsy cog about 100 years out of fashion survives a nasty Atlantic storm. The weather clears and a Caribbean blue sky dominates. One of the imported brides has died and her corpse consigned to the sea. All of the young women have had time and space to clean themselves up (How did the Avon lady get aboard?). In my life time I have crossed the Atlantic many times but by the time one reaches the Americas in five hours one is totally wasted; turbulence or not, regardless of a first class or economy class passage. Here we see the lovely freshly made up young girls emerging from confined smelly cabin spaces to land and proceed to their allotted stranger husbands (no preview videos available). Reminds me of the modern Greek movie 'Brides' or the reality of Les Files Du Roi, young would be French brides given each a small hand box of low value jewels as a dowry by the French king to help populate New France. That at least is real history. Back to the beginning; the first shot of the ship's ensign is the Union Jack, 100 years too early it was adopted only as a result of the Act of Union between Scotland and England in 1707.

I love this show and I hope it continues running for a long time.It is made for women more than men. The women are strong characters and you want to cheer them on.Who cares if it isn't exactly as history says it should be. It's entertaining! Go watch a documentary if you want factual history.

The plot is weak on a subject which could have been excellent. The blonde character is supposed to be manipulating people but her actions and motives are laughable. She is far too transparent and it lacks any realism.The characters are all far too clean and wearing clothes that just wouldn't be possible in that environment. some have long hair and haven't shaved but the whole location is plastic and unbelievable.it just lacks any realism. The female characters are far too independent and it seems politically correct. They were bought by their 'husbands' and would have been effectively slaves. They are there to breed from, no love as most have never met their new owner before. In that environment argue with your owner and you would be beaten. that would be far more realistic. Instead you have romantic love interests popping up within minutes of seeing someone. its just unrealistic.It really puzzles me as to the expected audience of this drivel.Update. I did try to get into this but 4 episodes and it is total rubbish. All I can think is that it was written for children. Maybe if you are 12 and female you might think the clothes are good.