I am totally hooked. Can never watch fewer than two per evening.
Now as to the flaws.
First, Jewish themes. In the earlier episodes, when Reid meets Deborah Goren, people are speaking Yiddish, accurate for that period for Jewish immigrants. But in the episode where Bloom is in jail, the Jews speak Hebrew, and modern Hebrew at that. No way. First, religious Jews used Hebrew only for religious studies; for regular conversation they used Yiddish. Plus, the man speaking Hebrew uses the modern Israeli Hebrew pronunciation, which did not yet exist. Ditto when Reid tries to explain to them that he has had a connection with Goren's orphan home, saying "yatom", "orphan" in Hebrew . But that's modern Hebrew; the correct pronunciation at that time was "yosem".
Another flaw: when Jackson visits the Obsidian clinic, he refers to a periodic table of the elements on the wall. But it's a modern table; many if not most of those elements had yet to be discovered.
That being said, I reiterate that I love the series, dark as it tends to be. I am also glad that the two leading female characters are finally listed as stars.
Now as to the flaws.
First, Jewish themes. In the earlier episodes, when Reid meets Deborah Goren, people are speaking Yiddish, accurate for that period for Jewish immigrants. But in the episode where Bloom is in jail, the Jews speak Hebrew, and modern Hebrew at that. No way. First, religious Jews used Hebrew only for religious studies; for regular conversation they used Yiddish. Plus, the man speaking Hebrew uses the modern Israeli Hebrew pronunciation, which did not yet exist. Ditto when Reid tries to explain to them that he has had a connection with Goren's orphan home, saying "yatom", "orphan" in Hebrew . But that's modern Hebrew; the correct pronunciation at that time was "yosem".
Another flaw: when Jackson visits the Obsidian clinic, he refers to a periodic table of the elements on the wall. But it's a modern table; many if not most of those elements had yet to be discovered.
That being said, I reiterate that I love the series, dark as it tends to be. I am also glad that the two leading female characters are finally listed as stars.
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