The overall feeling of epic levels of MEH make this prequel hopelessly frustrating to slog through viewing. I don't know why I bother. Please help me stop watching this, I can't even see the poorly lit rooms, revised to fit the queen's new religion, which according to the postscript exposition in episode 8, was apparently meaningful. And yes, I checked my tv settings after last week, which was more interesting for its night shoots.

There's just nothing to invest interest in, despite the cast, and Paddy Considine's anguished King Lear homage. Just nothing. So whenever this series tries to have an epic climax, there just will be no point. I'm going back to my place in the Douglas Addams universe.