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I watched the first US episode, and was surprised at how non-crap it was. It wasn’t by any means as good as the original, but it made me laugh. I watched the second ep on Tuesday, and it was…crap.

I saw the original, and I saw the US Pilot and of COURSE i compared it to the original, but I will say it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be. I have a feeling when they start doing original material instead of recreating British episodes it will “come into its own”.

What i loved most about the original was the deafening SILENCE that would just make you want to rip your face off. it was brilliant. The American version has really gotten rid of that, which i think is a shame. That being said, my family hate Hate HATED the British version and seemed to really enjoy the US version, so maybe NBC is doing something right.

Seems to be not as bad as people thought. I watched some of it, and thought exactly the same. - Not as awful as it could be, but not a patch on the original.