The first five minutes are disorienting with a bewigged Michelle Dockery at her desk with rain outside followed by Sienna Miller at a party expecting her missing husband. It took a while longer to understand the non-linear timeline that this show uses. Once the vertigo stopped, this became a solid, though laborious, introduction to what is going on and who the characters are.
The presentation style of the episode cliff-hanger is a little pretentious, but the substance good despite being predictable.
The presentation style of the episode cliff-hanger is a little pretentious, but the substance good despite being predictable.