When I watched this in 1983, I enjoyed it as a passably good miniseries. Absorbed as I was at that time in the love story between Natalie Jastrow (played by Ali McCraw) and Byron (Jan Michael Vincent), I was somewhat puzzled by the harsh reviews of critics. On rewatching it in 2021, I find Ali McGraw's pouting temper tantrums annoying in the extreme, almost unbearable. It's hard to understand why Byron puts up with her unless he's an equally immature, randy college boy.
I ran out of patience very early on with the main characters and quit watching just before the halfway point.
I ran out of patience very early on with the main characters and quit watching just before the halfway point.
