maryellenvalent The story held my interest for all 40 episodes but there were some glaring inconsistencies. For instance, the Grove family. It starts out with three girls and then they have a baby boy but when Mr Grove finds out the little boy isn't his, it changes to 2 girls and 3 boys. Then it later changes back to 3 girls and 1 boy. And what happened to the youngest Selfridge daughter. She is there until part way into season 3 and is never seen to talked about again. When Kitty is injured (won't give away what happened to her) the cut is on the right side of her face at the hospital but in the next scene it's on the left. Also, the dialog is often wrong for the period. There were phrases like "don't go there" as in don't talk about a particular topic. That idiom wasn't introduced until the 70s or 80s.Overall, I enjoyed the series but the inconsistencies were annoying and distracting.

joanne-ca As a Downton Abbey fan, completely out of episodes to watch, I was grateful to have Mr. Selfridge to turn to. With a week of completely free-form time on my hands I wanted the great luxury of spending a decadent number of consecutive hours consuming an entire season of shows in one sitting, night after night. Mr. Selfridge filled the bill beautifully. Oh, it is pretty light and with a few dropped threads, but no matter, I was happy from the opening score. The characters are easy to develop an affection for, especially Mr. Harry Selfridge. Over the course of the three seasons you witness a man rising to the top of his game, operating a large department store in turn of the 20th century London. Typical birth-life-death situations, plus the extraordinary game changer of World War One, unfold in the lives of Harry, his family and selected employees. Throughout it all, important lessons are learned, while the bad actors ultimately get their comeuppance. One unexpected dimension was the historical look at the development of department store marketing. While not presented in- depth, there was sufficient homage paid to innovations risked by Mr. Selfridge to give a good insight into the evolution of retailing. Window dressers in particular will love the series!

digitalbrian We were lead to this show after finding out that it was the reason "The Paradise" were canceled, both my wife and I enjoyed "The Paradise" and were hoping to be blown away by Mr. Selfridge.That didn't happen, it is a good series but it is missing one important character that Paradise had, namely Denise, Mr Selfridge tries hard but Jeremy Piven is not that good an actor, his deliverance is mediocre at best, the story itself is charming though and that is why we watched the entire first 2 series.I don't think they should have canceled The Paradise, there would have been room for both.

Salvatore Cocco I have no right to judge this, because I only saw the first episode. But watching even only this first episode was a waste of time. It is just not my cup of tea. I did expect an English costume drama, but what I saw was a music video. There is a lot of overacting, like in the silent movies. Therefore, one can not relate to the characters, because there are no characters. There are only images, music, words and more music and 'stylish' camera moves and a bit of music again! Like I said, it's no more then an expensive and long music video. How can people like this? Maybe this is one of those rare series you like or hate! There's nothing in between. But then I ask myself, how can one love such crap.