When I requested the DVD of this film there were 98 people in front of me, and each had only a week to watch all ten episodes. Six months later we finally got it.
We watched the first episode this afternoon, and if the rest are as good as this one we're going to enjoy it a lot. Abigail (Laura Linney) has a wonderfully wicked smile, and she utilizes it very well when she knows (even before John) what her husband is going to do. John (Paul Giamatti), trying to balance the law and the hotheads (not least of whom is his cousin Sam), is excellent.
Posted by Linkmeister at November 14, 2008 04:41 PM | TrackBackIt's amazing. I think I watched them all in about 3 days.
Posted by: Scott at November 14, 2008 06:02 PM*ahem* i don't usually do memes, but, i um, well, i tagged you. details on the blog, sigh. *runs away quickly*
Posted by: lizard at November 14, 2008 10:13 PMOh Good, it is out on DVD. HBO hasn't rerun the series although the name is listed on "HBO on Demand"..
I was up to espisode 6...
Laura Linney is excellent in this. The smallpox vaccine was especially interesting to me. ( at least I think it was smallpox....)
Yes, it's smallpox, and the inoculation with a small amount of the virus as a vaccine is how it's still done today, which was interesting (if it happened). I should go check the book.
Posted by: Linkmeister at November 16, 2008 01:53 PM