Boring.
Yes, the costumes look great. Yes, the sets make it appear we're in Rome. Yes, the actors deliver. It's the script and its pacing that fails.
Picking a new Pope isn't entertaining. Conniving and lying and stealing the title is. However, the pilot accomplishes this with mere dialogue. Words. We need to see action. We need to see the plan laid out and then have complications ensue.
Jeremy Irons is anointed Pope in the pilot. This seems more like the end goal than the beginning. We'll see if the series can pick up from here but it's not off to an auspicious start.
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