i have never seen the original series so i can give you an unbiased opinion: it was alright. the characters were defined enough were i did not feel anyone strayed from their role at all, however i did feel they made them too narrow. hannibal was mastermindy, BA was bad-assy, face was charmy, and murdoch was crazy. the story was fast paced and events happened a little too quickly however i did find myself wondering how they would get out of the impossible situations they got themselves in.