Watched this through again, this time at a more leisurely pace. Having re-read the book in the meantime, it's apparent how cleverly the show has taken the many elements of the book and knitted them together into something that works very well in the different form; it actually departs from the book in a whole range of little ways, while still managing to be very faithful. The show is less ugly, cleaner than the book - but not by a whole lot. It is well done.
