Mindless, ignorant, and casually racist, this is the lazy product of a creative team who had nearly all the ingredients needed to make a superb adventure series; good budget, good locations, good cast - but zero imagination.The vapid, inane storylines seem to have been an inconvenient afterthought. A vague concept for globe-hopping Indiana Jones-styled adventures leads predictably and inevitably to an irritating series of clichés and tired old tropes, hacked together with minimal thought or care.The archaeological practices would be laughable if they weren't so painful to watch - and utterly unbelievable, even with the suspension of disbelief one willingly adopts for the genre - but one can only go so far with that!The dialogue is truly atrocious; embarrassingly bad, and the performances from a talented cast suffer as a result. Even the greatest actor needs at least semi-decent material with which to work.This is like a bigger budget and more technically competent version of "Bonekickers" - that unwatchable atrocity perpetrated by the BBC a few years back. The former was bad in literally every imaginable way. "Hooten & The Lady" is bad in almost every way, except that it is slicker and more expensive. But that's not enough to make it watchable, unless you completely switch your mind off. And that's not a thing I was either willing or able to do.The best thing about it is that it was cancelled after only eight episodes.

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.

I'm willing to watch commercials for this show. I've never felt that about any show. A real fan will put up with commercials because they know what pays for good product and thank the advertiser by buying their products. It would be good with some product placement, especially if it helps the plot and makes it fun to watch. The 'lady' plays well in 'Elementary' (USA Sherlock). A 9, because it is not offered in USA and will take too long for season 2

I know there are some reviews panning this but I have really enjoyed it! Yes, it's not an original idea but frankly TV execs rarely do these days. The stories have been engaging and interesting, to the point where I want to go and find out a bit more about the legends involved. The dynamic between the two characters has been brilliantly written and the humour mixed with the action has been entertaining. I've watched the whole set in a few days and after thinking "I'll record it and give it a go", not expecting much but will be truly disappointed if it isn't followed up by Season 2. Easy to watch, funny, action packed and tours beautiful locations.