@perspicacia wrote:
Was really looking forward to this but what promised to be a great show is completely ruined by overdone bad language and explicit rap music for a soundtrack. Utterly Disappointing

I completely understand how the soundtrack choice can be jarring. I think, done well, it can work, but here I believe it was used to help draw in people who would otherwise not be drawn into a period drama, essentially to make it less of one, so while it may be jarring, it's understandable for a brand that doesn't want to look stuffy and old - and make no mistake, this wouldn't have been made without the Company name's rights-holders, at the very least's, blessing, (if not investment), so this serves double duty as an ad for Guinness.

On the other hand, I don't think you could make an accurate depiction of an Irish brewing family throughout the years without PLENTY of vulgarity, of many sorts. Asking for it not to be there is asking for a story about something else entirely.

Cool 1st episode, I have always paid close attention to the topic, (studied as a hobby for my entire life, staring before the 10 day Nile cruise where I kept interrupting the tour guides with excited exhortations at 9 years old), and I learned a lot. 

This isn't standard, surface-level documentary info. Some reviewers on the big "i" site tuned it out because they disagree with a certain take presented, they didn't give it enough time or credit. 

The idea is a shotgun approach to the subject, giving you ALL the info, even the controversial stuff, with varying levels of professional perspective and critique. They don't really tell you what to believe, they let you have all the info, then tell you whether it might be suspect, and why. Can't see how that harms anyone, and that it helps most who are taking the time to consider it in the first place.

Early series rating 7.5/10, for nonfiction, historical tv. Will watch more, and I'm happy it's a continuing series.

Seems to be rebooting the AMC series TURN: Washington's Spies, and reimagining it for a different war in a turbulent era to release such a thing. As far as I'm aware, it was released tonight. I suspect the timing of this and its thematic content are not coincidental. It's probably going to blow up within hours. You heard it hwere first!

Those of you coming to this show because of Patriot can look elsewhere. It may be a victim of Patriot's success, as I went digging to find UCS after, but this doesn't hold a candle to it.