A Discovery of Witches is such a pleasant surprise. I had zero expectations based on the akward looking promotional poster which reminded me of some tween romance nonsense in the vein of the twilight series. I watched the first episode thinking I would have some roast material, only to be quickly spellbound by it.

I don't know what luts or lenses or lighting they used for this, but it looks GORGEOUS. This is the best looking show I have seen since Hannibal. Great cinematography, great acting, and a story that just zips along where I have seen other attempts at something similar bog down and get stuck in slow paced, unnecessary melodarama.

I do have two small gripes with the show. One is all the worried phone scenes with the distant aunts, oh the nagging! (you'll know exactly what I mean when you see them) Maybe it was a budgetary issue (although as stated earlier, this thing does not look cheap at all!) but they could be doing more. It's a real waste of two fine actresses.

Secondly, we have yet to see most of the characters 'true forms' - it really doesn't deter from the enjoyment of the show, but I would still like to see the scarier side of things.

Great watch overall.