It is so daring, it is so ambitious, it is so thrilling and weird and pointed and powerful. I never knew where it was going.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?