Just finished this. Worth the watch, although I have some issues with it. I really liked the cast, especially Waterhouse, Claflin, Will Harrison (plays Claflin’s brother) and Camila Morrone (plays Claflin’s wife). Waterhouse in particular has been around for a while and is someone who I am surprised is not a bigger star. She has a very expressive face and is very natural in any role I have seen her. You are just kind of drawn to her when she is on the screen. I ended up caring more about her romantic plot line than I did about the main love triangle. The music was surprisingly good, and added to the story.
My issues:
First, the real story of Fleetwood Mac is so interesting, why not just make a limited run series about that?
I didn't like Riley Keough as Daisy Jones. The concert scenes felt like a Stevie Nicks impression, and the rest of her performance was all over the place. Playing an out-of-control addicted rock star is not exactly a ground breaking role, so why couldn't she pick a lane on how to play it? I don't mind complexity, but she played different scenes like she was basically a different character.
The scenes of Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne felt a little repetitive, and seemed to box out the other story lines. Simone's arc seems like a separate show altogether. Karen and Graham's story was original and interesting, yet got almost no screen time. Instead we just got more Daisy and Billy fighting and looking longingly at each other on stage. If the show was going to focus so much on Daisy and Billy, then Teddy Price and Rod Reyes should have been more important characters as they tried to keep them on the rails.
Overall I liked it, and it is an easy show to binge, but it has some flaws.