A very lavish production like The Night Manager should have done a serious effort and try to go beyond the usual Bondesque hero-vs.-ruthless-baddie and rescue-the-girl story. The beautiful cinematography and the exotic locations don't save the show from sounding so untrue for most of the time. It is a pity that a great actor like Hugh Laurie ends up with such a cliché villain. And Tom Hiddleston's character is particularly unconvincing, I'm afraid, though he tries his best to make it appealing. It would have been a great show in 1965.

I saw the buzz about this show long before I ever watched it. I wasn't keen on starting a show that was only 1 season long with no follow-up season on the books. I'm glad I took a chance and sided with quality vs quantity. Even if there is never a season 2, Season 1 of The Night Manager stands alone as high quality television well worth the watch. While the stars of the show (Hiddleston & Laurie) do a fine job of acting, it is the supporting characters that steal the show. Elizabeth Debicki as 'Jed', Tom Hollander's 'Corkey', and Tobias Menzies take the show from good to great.A spy thriller of the highest order, The Night Manager shouldn't be skipped10/10

Consistently well done episodes and pretty amazing acting kept me watching until the season was over. I won't remember it for long but I also can't think of any huge mistakes it made. A casual viewer pretty much won't notice any mistakes. The movie also intentionally holds back and doesn't make it's characters overreact for no reason. Overall it was a blast to watch but it didn't have that many layers beyond that for me to think about.

This series is a superb execution of the thriller genre in which an amateur sleuth finds himself in the midst of powerful forces he can only guess at. The action becomes more interesting when he realizes what's up and begins making his own choices.Overall, the performance is controlled and believable, with enough turns and reversals to delight the ardent mystery buff.More like this!