If you are interested in history and sociology, how people really lived, you'll like this show. The producers made a smart choice in finding a warm, funny, tight-knit family that can work together and laugh together in all sorts of different circumstances. It's fun to imagine how you would have felt, trying to live the 1900 lifestyle.
Some of the things I got a kick out of is explanations of the complicated women's clothing (dresses, corsets, garters, etc.), trying to find entertaining things to do, trying to cook with the range, coping with hiring and having a maid, trying to get away with breaking the rules, and how long it took to do washing! It took days!
It's too bad they didn't try this with a few families, so that the family had other people to interact with. There's a lot of boredom felt by the oldest daughter and the mother, which is partly due to the time period and their restricted lifestyle, but probably also due to the fact that they had no one else to interact with. (Though the viewer doesn't feel bored watching this--it makes you ponder how you would have dealt with these problems.)
In the end, a really interesting piece following the lives of a caring and funny family trying to make the 1900 experience work.
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