I'm getting sick of these filmmakers who leave things up in the air or offscreen or just decide the "let the viewers make up their own ending". Excuse me, but if I wanted to make my own ending I'd turn it off before the end!}What a waste of talent.

Sorry I tried to like this. I tried to stick with it. But for me nowadays I haven't the tolerance to watch drama when it takes way too long to get going. Starts disjointed with multiple scenes that make little sense. Poor dialogue and one dimensional characters. I need to get emotionally hooked or attached to a character early on. I didn't. The picture is so bad too. Maybe it's me but way below the normal HBO standard.

This was a huge surprise; I had started watching inattentively, letting three recorded episodes play while I made party preparations. Somewhere along the line it occurred to me I should start over and pay attention. The structure is clever, which you won't notice until you're 2/3 of the way through, and you won't realize how incredible the acting is until you figure things out a bit. Devin Ratray's performance, initially very understated, BLEW MY MIND. The ensemble acting crackles and snaps. And the story just works. The subject material, about a rich cougar and the inevitable hang-abouts, could put people off but I know the sea- and ski crowd and this is an exceedingly accurate portrayal.

Not bad and watchable but it never lifts off. The writing and editing stink. Much of the dialogue doesn't work; many of the actors aren't believable. The lead detective and the chief of police behave more like primary school teachers. than cops. Most of the acting is stiff. The two lawyers get it right but that's about it. Again, if you're stuck at home on a cold and rainy night this series will be better than poke in the eye with a sharp stick but that's about it. BTW, Slidell, LA is a suburb of New Orleans with all the regular suburban stuff: traffic, tract homes, strip centers. What were they thinking? They weren't