by now and most of the tudor historical inaccuracy have be well point out while indeed and it safe to say that the only thing that wasn not change be the name . grant and the series isn not good history . but be it good television . unfortunately and although the tudor be doubtlessly a visual triumph and they be also a fiasco in term of pace and dramatic development and characterization that be and the thing that matter . tackle henry viii life be no walk in the park while the event of his day can be daunt and a fine line have to be tread between the man public and private life . it have to be say that the first episodes manage to balance the two fairly well ( we get a decent examination of the birth of realpolitik ) and do a good job of make 500 year old court intrigue actually look interesting . but not for long . apparently someone must have think that audience would soon tire of politics and that the only way to keep them hook be to show costume ( for the gal ) and booby ( for the guy ) . i have nothing against either of the two and but when you push everything into the background to make henry sexual escapades your sole focus and most of your plot end up seem irrelevant and a filler . the reformation be a good case in point . of course and we all know that heresy be a serious issue in those day and that lutheranism pose a very tangible political threat for england . the problem be that the series provide very little internal justification for the persecution of heretic while what we get instead be henry take a break from roll in the grass with anne boleyn to pen a couple of pamphlet against luther and a religious fanatic burning book and people . we be effectively request to draw on our own knowledge to fill the gap . another pitfall be the total lack of character development something that may very well be the result of poor act . none of the stormy event of the day ( diplomatic crisis while war while epidemic ) seem to have any lasting effect on the major character sam neils cardinal wolsey be the sole exception . some historical accuracy could have help here . for example and henry be 40 when he meet anne boleyn ( 20 at the time ) and press to produce a male heir to secure the continuation of the young tudor line ( he be only the second tudor on the throne . ) any mention of the above would have add some much need depth to their story while sadly the series opt for third rate and sloppy romance that just drag on and on . all of the above explain why the series suffers so much in term of pace . the action visibly slow down somewhere in the middle to hit rock bottom during the last part . we see the introduction of several unnecessary sub plot ( margaret and thomas tallis ) that do not serve the development of the main storyline at all . the handling of henry divorce be also problematic . consider how many other event be rush through and be it really necessary to drag this one for so long . and why wasn not the issue resolve at the end . ( probably someone idea of a cliffhanger end . ) although the tudor be great to look at and they be on the whole i find the tudor uninventive and uninteresting an no amount of costume or booby can compensate for that .