I was surprised by this series, considering how long ago it was made, and also surprised I hadn't watched it when it ran on PBS. I haven't read the book, so I can't make comparisons. I am not one who insists movies sticks to the source material Anyway, as long as it is done well and doesn't sully the original. There are mature issues raised by the plot, requiring careful and expansive thought, which is perhaps why some reviews on other websites trash it Just by using sound bites. One reviewer even said it was feminist propaganda, and anyone who has studied feminism would know that they recognize that misogyny and sexism hurts men as much as it does women, which means it hurts families. If the man had done what the wife did, would it have been macho man propaganda? Still, rather than give a treatise on Society that I am not savvy enough to handle, I will just say that this mini-series made me think, and that is not a bad thing as long as my brain doesn't start hurting. I admit I was disappointed in the wife at some point, but not as often as I was in the poor husband infected by religion, but who was basically lost.