Quite a hilarious show. Great drama with women in beautiful colorful gowns and full make up sweeping across the desert, remaining beautiful and clean under unbelievable circumstances. Brutish, muscled men at ever turn (muscles compliments of their local health clubs I'm sure). The sets were so staged it was painful, the love scenes so dramatic they are laughable. Cote de Pablo should have stuck with NCIS. I have lived in many third world countries and all I could think about is what those people would have smelled like and what they really would have looked like. I plead ignorance to that period of history but I doubt this film was a true representation of ANYTHING and found it a real insult to their viewers.

I was expecting so much more, though I knew nothing of the novel so I really had no idea what to expect. But after watching the first two episodes of A.D. from the same producers, it was a little jarring to watch a sexed-up desert soap opera with barely a token hint of the Jewish faith actually expressed, where all the heroines are sleeping with other women's husbands or mixing potions or killing Romans ("As the World Burns" ... "One Life to End" ... "All My Illegitimate Children" ... take your pick). The modern language was an unnecessary annoyance, and the insertion of a 21st-Century Western Liberal female perspective was noticeable throughout. (The women's perspective was the core of the story, of course. But it came across a little too "today" for me.) Particularly disturbing was the adulterous witch successfully invoking the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob by name to call down rain and save herself from a mob execution so she could continue her affair with another woman's husband. I don't think so. I recorded this and watched it over two nights while I did my taxes. One form of torture mitigating the other, I guess. Which one was which, I'm not sure at the moment.

This was trash. I only watched the first night. I kept thinking this must get better. Nope. I should have given up on it improving. The message night one sends was that it is okay to have sex with married men. I couldn't even figure out what the main plot of the movie was supposed to be about.I also didn't understand the supernatural aspect. Where these just dreams or a guilty conscious.I have not read the book. One review said the movie does not reflect the book. I would like to hear from others that have read the book. I would be tempted to give the book a try.

This show aired March 31 & April 1st, 2015 on CBS: Having an interest in history and all things pertaining to the Bible, I was at first surprised by the way this story came to be - through 2 women survivors. Yes the 2 night idea made for a slow pace but that was to introduce you more fully to the characters which it accomplished very well. We all know that all the people killed themselves so that was a given but Roma Downey managed to flesh out the story so that we cared for these people and what happened to them. Historically speaking I often wonder how the people of the Bible actually thought and lived since we are so removed from that perspective today. Speaking of the main character and her potions: these are all herbal remedies however I was not sure sometimes if they were not something else - this was upsetting as it mixed Godly worship with witchcraft (white witchcraft). Maybe they did that or maybe they did not historically speaking. And there was too much emphasis on passion taking precious minutes that could have been used for the story. And last but not least, what happened to the babies - one in the womb & one living & being carried at the end when they are telling their story..? Did this story actually get written down in a Roman Library by a Jew as seen in the show? Overall, I liked the show, the costumes, the actors. Cons: commercial time between breaks was so long I could watch parts of another show. Am looking forward to Roma Downey's next efforts this Easter Sunday.