I finished this over the weekend, and I think, along with Mindhunter, it's my favourite thing that Netflix has put out. (I haven't seen Mudbound yet, but I've heard excellent things.) It's only 6 episodes long, and I could definitely see a lot of people having difficulty with the fairly open-ended finale, but overall it's one of those exquisitely written, deeply compelling period dramas that really draws you in.
I'd love to hear some discussion on it, as I think there's plenty to pick apart.
I was pretty surprised that they kept things so ambiguous by the ending. There was this constant undercurrent that Grace wasn't telling the whole truth, in such a way that I thought there would be some big reveal at the end, but instead it leaves it entirely up to the viewer as to whether you believe Grace (and which Grace to believe). Fundamentally, though, I don't really think it matters. This is a series about the insane disparity not only between men and women, but also between the servant class and the landowners. Every single aspect of who Grace was as a person was restrained, repressed and buried beneath an ingrained veneer of decorum and expected behaviour. That she's capable of the murders is without question, and that's really the revelation, I think.
