What is the board's opinion of The Crown?

It's fine. Not earth shattering but it's not a bad one to binge

Seasons 3-5 are still very good though the level of eye candy did drop off when Vanessa Kirby left. The actress that plays Diana is prettier than the real Diana ever was and she does a great job with the character.

The first two seasons were some of the best television Netflix has ever made. The next two seasons were solid but were really missing Claire Foy and Matt Smith IMHO. I couldn't finish the fifth season because the melodrama surrounding Diana and Charles became just too overbearing.

I agree with this. The first two seasons were the most interesting to me because I knew a lot less about that part of Elizabeth's life. I found the series to be less interesting as it moved forward through time. I think Charles is incredibly boring as a person, moreso as he gets older, so the more he moved into the fore, the less interesting it was to me. Overall it's really well done and the production values are off the hook.

I agree with all the posters. Seasons 1 and 2 are outstanding. It drops a bit each season, partly because the first two were so good. As they move into Seasons 4-6 much of it we already know simply because the Royal Family became so visible in the 80s and the press no longer hid their dirty laundry.

I've read the series creator will NOT do a sequel but is open to a PRE-quel which would be fascinating if they did the 30 or so years before the abdication.

I move it but agree the first two seasons are the strongest. Probably because they’re the furthest from most of our memories. I also love period pieces from that time.

I wouldn’t mind if the entire show had stayed in that timeline simply to keep those actors. They really were phenomenal. The second batch grew on me as it went on, but nothing Beats 1-2.

Very good first and second season. Still not as good as queens gambit. It’s probably if not the best or top three best 1 season network mini tv series or shows I’ve seen on their streaming service.

Lithgow is remarkable but it's hard to get past the fact that he's nearly a foot taller than the real Churchill. He towers over the rest of the cast.

Gillian Anderson exaggerates Thatcher's accent and mannerisms and comes off as an over the top caricature.

Claire Foy is cute as button.

I knew Edward was a Nazi sympathizer but wasn't aware of the extent of his conniving. Definitely a rabbit hole to go down.

I enjoyed it thoroughly to the end but I’m an Anglophile.

It was weird each time the cast changed but I came around quickly each time.

As someone said the first 2 seasons are the best. I liked those actors the most but it’s also the time frame I think most people alive today are least familiar with so there’s more intrigue. Plus seeing the young royals is a little more interesting again because uts so different than what we know.

ETA: didn’t realize this was an older post and I basically said the same thing a few months ago. Since then we’ve come back and watched seasons 5 and 6 but my thoughts are the same.

My wife (no pics) and I watched the entire series together. We enjoyed the entire run.

The most enjoyable ones for me were the seasons covering Elizabeth's reign up until the Diana stuff. Those were the seasons my wife enjoyed the least. She enjoyed the Diana drama much more than me.

But overall, very interesting.