Straight off the hop I have to say that as a storyteller, Wendy's delivery overall was excellent.

The show wasn't exactly what I expected when we took a detour into the world of Wendy not getting the writing jobs she wanted and into some Abraham Lincoln history. I think a stronger connection between the guns used during the civil war being the same guns Sarah (Sally) Winchester's husband made could have helped bridge that connection as Lincoln is a tool Wendy uses to connect the Mystery House to her own story of grief. While I understand the underlying connection she's trying to make about societal labels on women and expectations, the connecting threads at times could have been a little stronger.

I think some of the points Wendy has to make about grief are incredibly poignant, especially her point about how angry it made her to see social media posts after her father died. I strongly resonated with that as it's exactly how I felt after my own father died - that watching the world go on as if this huge thing hadn't just happened in my life made me angry.

I loved everything talked about in the show, I just felt sometimes like I was getting 3 shows for the price of 1 and that any of the key points she was making might have been even stronger if we were exploring those points one show at a time.

Where my biggest disappointment lies I guess is that I was expecting a show about the woman behind the legend, and feeling like Sarah's "a-ha" and "more than the lore" moment was more footnote than grand finale. I also could have done without Mary Todd as that felt like it came out of nowhere and I'm not sure if it added to the overall show. However, I'd love to see a separate stand alone show about Mary Todd, played by Wendy.

Overall I really liked the show and would recommend people see it - just keep an open mind and recognize that in exploring the larger themes you may not get to explore Sarah in as much detail as you'd hoped.