I'm finished with people judging an entire series on the first episode. Also, books are books and movies are movies. The reasons for them being different are obvious. We have kind of standard fare here in the portrayal of the Nazis, especially the guy after the jewel. He has to be portrayed as a butcher, I guess, but we sort of know that from history. The first hour tells us about the young woman, her uncle, and her efforts to survive and get her messages out. Her blindness makes all this incredibly difficult. I know that others will be moving onto the scene as she moves forward. There is a kind of cheap narrative hook at the end. Of course, serialized things have been doing that for 140 years or so. The girls is believable, although her ability to survive without help is stretching things a bit. Hugh Laurie as her uncle certainly will come into play. I was really taken with the young man after watching all three seasons of "Dark," where he is one of the principle stars. I am intrigued to see where this goes. I read the book about four years ago, and while I remembered being engaged, I don't have specific memories. For the impatient--take a bit of time and have a look at this in its totality.