Consensus.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/houdini-and-doyle/s01
Do you agree?
Disagree.
WE GOT MOVIE SIIIIIGN!
I've only seen the first episode since it just aired in the US, but I'm more with the critics than the audience. I just didn't enjoy it all that much. I'm going to give the second episode a try, but I don't have high hopes.
It wasn't just that it was inaccurate to the people and the time period, it was inaccurate on almost every point that it could. I might have been able to enjoy it as a silly reimagining/alternate history, but neither the plot nor the characters made up for it. I actively disliked Weston's portrayal of Houdini and it's hard to enjoy a show when you dislike half of the headliners. And it was just a police procedural basically and nothing new about it or even well done.
Has_no_pseudonym hit the nail on the head on all counts... It's an unfortunate waste of potential
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