A story of Old Money meeting New Money in New York circa 1880. So, episode 1 is ok but not great. I find the acting to be stiff and the dialog stilted, even for a "period piece". The dialog feels perfunctory, as if being merely read-off-a-page and comes across at the level of a Community Theater play. The casting is fine but the nouveau riche husband, Mr Russel, seems out of place. He is of another class, dark and swarthy, not your typical fat and fleshy wealthy White guy of the era, so he appears differently than the other wealthy Old Money men. Maybe this was deliberate? I'll give it another chance before hitting the kill switch.

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