yuengling215 Fantastic show that needs to be picked up by Netflix or Amazon. Three. Canceled way too soon with its popularity!! This was by far one of the best shows on television. Period. Superb writing and acting and storylines! I can't understand why the show was canceled with the amount of popularity and fantastic readings that I got. This seriously needs to be picked up by Netflix or Amazon. Highly recommend watching this if you get the chance you will fall in love with the characters in the story lines!

gwendapl We all know that the Civil War was horrendous and men suffered gruesome wounds. But the explicit and extreme blood and butchery seem like gratuitous fillers for a bad script.I was really looking forward to this show because of the high quality of most period dramas on PBS, but this one is terrible. The costumes are good but some things for this period are just very unrealistic. A head nurse being told she must sleep on the floor, really? Also, the way some of the characters are portrayed they are just all over the map. This show just seems to be a re-hash of other civil war shows, again this goes to a bad script. This is no where near the quality of Luther, Sherlock or Downton Abby. Hollywood can't rest on it's laurels if it want's to compete.

leah-93299 I love all historical and period pieces so watch this one after my Downton Abbey fix. However, I am continually distracted during these episodes by the non authentic accents of characters who are supposed to be Virginians but sound more like they have dropped in from Georgia or Alabama. All southern accents are not created equal. Actors use coaches to learn proper English, Irish, German, Italian, etc. accents. Someone needed to teach these actors to speak Virginian. It is jarring to hear accents that are out of place with the setting. I could also do without all the graphic blood and gore but that seems to be part and parcel of all films these days.The series does hold one's attention. I must have not been paying strict attention because I do not remember the action ever dealing with the Union officer smuggled by Frank. When do they discover him?

sentinel64-1 I love PBS and the quality period pieces they air. I have loved so many of the wonderful performances they have shown. I had high hopes for this series with the departure of 'Downton Abbey.' This had good elements to start..the sets, the costumes-very good. Unfortunately, the overacting melodramatic style of the 'Twilight' series sabotaged this show. There is no buy in, there is no aligning with or likability of the main characters. The main characters are whiny and sulky. The valiant doctors and nurses of the Civil War era must be turning in their graves at being depicted by such poor and shallow over-acting. I was hoping that our country could produce the kind of quality and intellectual performances of our British peers. Unfortunately, that has not happened here. It shouldn't have been, but is dull and lackluster. The sets, costumes and props are impressive, unfortunately the actors keep standing in front of them, blocking the view.