This was a show I caught occasionally on PBS, and I liked it enough to track down the whole series (it can be found on Hulu, amongst others).
The first three seasons were excellent. You really get to know the characters and get a feel for the overall pacing and environments. Then it appears the show took a hiatus in 2013, only to return to a somewhat whiney/indecisive Banks, characters you have come to like magically disappearing without a single line of dialog as to where they went, and questionable actions by Annie that often get Helen dressed down about.
I am considering picking up some of the novels the show is based on, just to see if the same things happened there as well. The individual plots throughout the show were all very good, but the characters didn't really develop logically IMHO. Sure, I can be accused of not getting a happy ending for the show, but the forced drama between Alan, Annie, and Helen just didn't seem natural to me. It made me wonder why the writers kept toying with the fans up until the very last episode.
In any case, it was overall a good show that suffered from problems of longevity I suspect. It's only six seasons, so go check it out!
The first three seasons were excellent. You really get to know the characters and get a feel for the overall pacing and environments. Then it appears the show took a hiatus in 2013, only to return to a somewhat whiney/indecisive Banks, characters you have come to like magically disappearing without a single line of dialog as to where they went, and questionable actions by Annie that often get Helen dressed down about.
I am considering picking up some of the novels the show is based on, just to see if the same things happened there as well. The individual plots throughout the show were all very good, but the characters didn't really develop logically IMHO. Sure, I can be accused of not getting a happy ending for the show, but the forced drama between Alan, Annie, and Helen just didn't seem natural to me. It made me wonder why the writers kept toying with the fans up until the very last episode.
In any case, it was overall a good show that suffered from problems of longevity I suspect. It's only six seasons, so go check it out!