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Kelly Reilly owns every scene she is in. She must have really enjoyed playing this part because she just dominates. Everyone. Watching her with Kevin Costner & you can see he loves acting with her. The best part IMHO is they have not made Kelly Reilly's character a girl boss who beats up 300lb giants that you see with the MCU.

The character uses her brains to outsmart every men or women opponent.

I am enjoying the series which is Kevin Costner's tribute to modern day cowboys & their keeping hold of traditional values against a backdrop of city developers who just want to make a load of money.

I read the books first & I was surprised that so much detail & story line had changed. I can only assume that this was done to make the story make sense for TV viewing & sensitivities around some of the subject matter. I was also surprised that the stories were crammed into so few episodes. The books gave all the characters far more depth & motivation & managed to provide answers to a number of questions the TV series threw up.

I lost count the times I had to explain to my family what was happening & who was who.

I can also only assume that JK Rowlings agreed to all the changes because she was the executive producer.

It's still worth a watch & I would advise to read the books first.