... and that's just Kate Winslet's dismal performance .

How can you over-act boring, smug and sulky ?

Well, that's why the lady is such a renowned actress .

Just kidding .

Apart from the mildly annoying and utterly forgettable heroine, the series seems to be a shallow drama made of subplots, populated with characters you don't really want to learn anything about .

Neither do their stories spark your interest, contrived and poorly written as they are .