This stylised period series about five young American women making their way in England has distinct shades of Netflix's mega-hit – and deserves to be as successful, writes Neil Armstrong.
This new period drama from Apple TV+ sets out its stall during a fantastical sequence in the opening episode. The debutantes at the debs ball in London are processing down a grand staircase, being closely appraised by young society men. The beautiful girls in their magnificent gowns stop and hold up paddles bearing numbers while the onlookers take notes and assess them as if they were livestock at a cattle market.
These fresh-faced buccaneering young Americans cut a swashbuckling swathe through the eligible men of the English aristocracy but find themselves perpetually at odds with the stifling conventions of the stuffy old upper crust. In turn, many of the aristocrats are appalled by the"vulgarity" of the girls. The older generation have a stiff-upper-lip-take-it-on-the-chin-do-your-duty philosophy.
A costume drama revolving around society events in which a duke falls in love with a beautiful young woman from a wealthy family, soundtracked by modern tunes and filled with instantly meme-able scenes? It is a truth universally acknowledged that a streaming service with a good fortune must be in want of aIt's been so expertly made that you have little choice but to just surrender to it. Resistance is futile. It looks absolutely beautiful.
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