colleenimmg Just finished watching this. I wanted to stop after the first episode, but the murder mystery lover in me forced me to watch all three. After reading these reviews, I'm happy to see that I'm not alone in hating the casting of Elizabeth Darcy. I'm sorry, I've seen this actress in "Bletchley Circle" and thought nothing negative of her, but as Elizabeth, OMG, she was horrible in so many ways: her plain, homely looks; her dreary/miserable expressions; her same old dress. I was not a huge fan of "Pride and Prejudice" but even I knew that this was an atrocity. I don't recall ever ever ever watching a show thinking "Yuck!!" every time a main character appeared onscreen..unless perhaps they were the villain. I'm sorry AMM. I don't blame you, I blame everyone else, from writing to casting to director to makeup to costuming.

Johnaricka So many bad reviews that I'm surprised I watched it at all. I agree it was lacking in the costume department. Elizabeth seemed to wear the same dress or nearly the same one daily. A woman of her means should have better clothing. It also lacked in staff housing. No footman, not butler, not lady's maid. They're should have been a chef and a maid for the chef. All those maids in the kitchen should have been busy I'm the house. It wasn't true to the time. That aside I rather enjoyed it. I'm a sucker for period pieces. I loved seeing it all play out. I wanted more when it was all said and done.

Dunham16 The premise of DEATH IN PEMBERLY is a twentieth century murder mystery set in the milieu of Jane Austen's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. Many scenes are set in Pemberley. In the Austen novel this is the birthplace of Darcy and Georgiana and the home to which Wyckham was brought as a child and Elizabeth Bennett upon her marriage. Several other novel characters appear among them Fitzwilliam,Denny, Lady Catherine de Bourgh and her daughter, Lydia, Jane, the Bennett girls' mother and Mr. Bingley's sisters. Many quotes from the novel are said by characters at least six years after Austen intended them in the novel an anachronism to be appreciated by some and not by others. Within this context the murder mystery which is quite good in itself is set six years after the novel bringing in events unrelated to the novel which may please some and disappoint others.

D C I was quite excited to watch this new series. However, after watching the show, one word comes to mind - disappointment. I have to be honest, I could not get over the fact that Elizabeth Darcy (nee Bennet) looked to be closer to fifty than to mid-twenties. I have no issues with aging actors - as I too am closer to fifty than to mid-twenties - but the role should have been cast to a more age-appropriate actor. Given that Elizabeth plays such a central role in the show, I found it painful to watch. Where was the youthful, fun-loving, playful, witty Elizabeth of Jane Austen's beloved Pride & Prejudice? Certainly not in this show...I also found the story (as written) to lack depth. I did not walk away anxious for the next episode (or for a follow-on series). That special something that draws the viewer into the story was just not present.