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North and South: Book III (1994)

Rate: 3
Viewed: 9/15

9/15: The 24-hour saga of North and South has finally come to an end.

It has been an interesting journey. Unfortunately, I can do without the third part which is hard to sit through. The first twelve episodes was filled with everything: drama, adventure, history, love, evil, costumes, and set pieces. But for the final three episodes, the miniseries has gone way, way downhill by turning it into a massive soap-fest with inferior production values and characters I hardly care about.

The biggest mistake is bringing back Elkanah Bent. He was clearly dead at the end of the second part after he was blown up in an arsenal-filled barn. Every time Bent appears, I can only shake my head. I could tolerate Ashton Main during Book I, but her act had wore thin in the next one. Now, I just want to throw an iron skillet at the slut's face. Another mistake of the series is the romance between George Hazard and Madeline Main. But why? The way Madeline acted with George, she seems to have more passion for him than she ever did for Orry. Really, I thought George was an honorable man.

All in all, North and South: Book III shouldn't have been made in the first place.

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