The Porter

I loved the premise of this series; but I thought the execution really lost track of what could have been a compelling story.

What I thought the series was going to examine was black porters, many combat veterans from World War I, seeking to unionize and gain fair wages and treatment while working on the railroads.

Instead, it became sort of a three-headed monster that took almost all the focus away from that premise. We spend the majority of the show following one of the porters working with a Chicago mobster on a gambling endeavor, a dancer in an interracial relationship with the buffoonish son of the railroad owner in a quest to blossom her career, and a nurse working to improve the lives of black citizens who becomes entangled in a house of ill-repute.

The side-stories had some interest for me and the acting is fairly good for the most part; but the main story of racism and unionization is left to fight for scraps.

I wish they spent more time on the porters in their jobs and the struggles they faced. When it did focus on that, I was largely interested. When it strayed, I found my attention wandering.

It really just lost track of what the story was about, IMO.

I did not know this show was coming out but I'm glad iv got on my BET+ app for something and came across it. Great show! I hope there's a season 2 and I don't have to wait forever. I like the characters and the plot. The actors do a great job some are known and others I have never seen before but they all seem to have been committed to their role and made it work perfectly! I think Zeke is my favorite. I also like the history part, it sparked my interests enough to research. I always thought that Canada did got deal with racism and colorist issues like the US did and while they may not have been as bad there were some issues there. Overall excited I stumbled on this series. Bet plus has to do a better job at handling advertising. More people would subscribe if they could watch content like this.

I recognize how hard this struggle was for fairness & equality, but I kept hoping there would be some positive results & Justice. The perpetrators seemed to go unpunished constantly. I sincerely hope the storyline demonstrates Justice is served in future episodes.

I'm not unrealistic about this topic, but show us some evil gets punished.

The story is excellent, the acting is superb, the CGI - is pathetic.

Every mini series of the CBC's I've watched is the exact same - great actors, great story, but the stage/CGI looks like a grade school production. . .

The porter is a period piece about train poters. The production does a good job of setting the era. The quality is similar to that of downton abbey. There is a large cast many inter weaving stories. The casting and writing are both good.