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When I saw that it had been taken from the Tony Hillerman novels, I was enthusiastic. But I have given up after just two episodes. The characters are nothing like in the dolls. They are the old stereotypes of incompetent and racist White FBI agents, reservation natives, and even an insulting laughable portrayal of a Mormon family.. All the Navajos are hiding deep secrets, even the local priest. And as the one who edits films, It is strangely edited: Everything is under saturated or too bright. It fast to show the beauty of the four corners area. All in all a complete mess and I will Give up on this mess.

I was anticipating watching this. It's been on my Netflix list for a couple of years. I love Italy and history and have been to Venice a number of times i have often heard the story of Marco Polo so I decided to watch it with my friend: God it was awful! First, it was very confusing as to the time and places- they could've shown a map of the Silk Road. I had to pause the episode and look a map on Google. There was lots of violence, but astonishingly after he was taken prisoner by Kubla Khan, they showed him being taught kung fu! Seriously?! Additionally, there was way too much gratuitous sex. We gave up after episode one and decided not to continue. I would rather watch documentary on YouTube, which is actually what we're going to do. The series is so...Hollywood, I know who they are aiming it to : young teenage boys and college boys who have watched too many kung fu movies and are titillated by naked breast..What an awful mess.

I've enjoyed the series so far I love Alfred Molina and I read a number of Louise Penny's books and I've even been to her town of Knowlton , Quebec, when we visited eastern Canada from California last year. So these two episodes were very good until the very ending when lo and behold, a fat, overfed grizzly bear appeared on the road and blocked escape car. That is the lamest ending. I have ever seen it reminds me of those terrible TV detective series in the 1970's like Mannix or Columbo. And there are no grizzly bears in Quebec only black bears. But that's not the point it would be like watching "the sound of music" and non th last scene a bear chases the Von Trapp family. Or in "South Pacific", a suddenly appears on the scene. Having a beer appear in the middle. The road is so smalzy, it had no relationship to anything why the Director chose this is beyond my imagination.. hey earlier in the program there was a raccoon and I guess the Director chose an animal trainer for the beer decided to throw the raccoon in for free. So please, Director no more bear stunts!