rob-49175 I tried to watch this but it is text book MISANDRY. In the first 15 minutes they establish the male lead as a bubbling idiot who fails at every he does. His actions are so disastrous that they cause the female lead to be captured and prepared to be roasted alive. The female lead, practically raised in the library, knows everything and succeeds at everything. She doesn't actually need a cohort. I pass. I would rather sped the time re-watching, Lara Croft, Indiana Jones, and Allen Quatermain.

skoyles Having been a fan of Michael Landis for a long time I was pleased to see that he had another series coming up. I recorded the first episode and watched it with my beloved wife. She summed it up in one of our family's time honoured phrases, "Another guilty pleasure!" HatL stands in the archaeologist tradition of Indiana Jones but is more closely allied with the Michael Douglas motion pictures begun with "Romancing the Stone": boorish adventurer with a heart of gold teams with a snooty, wealthy and very beautiful woman join forces to find lost artifacts. The secret ingredient in HatL is the dynamic interplay between the two lead actors, and the brilliant writing. The crisp dialogue is always refreshing. And it is laugh-out-loud funny! We love it and hope you might too.

velacharles33 So far, this has been a reasonably entertaining story line. I find it reminiscent of "Romancing the Stone" with Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner. The characters are entertaining and the action is fast paced. It seems that Hooten is continually forced to extricate either himself or the Lady from some predicament. The chemistry is building, though still somewhat short of expectations.

Man99204 If you are threatened by anything new or innovative do not worry - there is not a single original idea in this series. This series recycles stale plot points from any number of previous sci fi TV series. It steals from series like 1997's "Relic Hunters" all the way to the current "The Librarians" and any number of series in between.Those other series at least had engaging lead Actors , this series not so much. British Actress Ophelia Lovibond is pretty much a "walking overbite". Her dramatic range is limited to delivering lines in the same annoying flat monotone. Michael Landes at 45 is getting far too long in the tooth to play these roles. He is about fifteen years too old to be playing this role - and it shows in every scene. He looks very tired, and disappointed.There is absolutely no chemistry between the two leads. They stumble through each scene as if they were highly medicated. The only bright spot in this production is Jane Seymour. Her scenes remind us of what a competent actress can do to raise the level of a production. Unfortunately Seymour is rarely utilized .