[Locke]

Okay, so I am not a purist, I watched the first two episodes and my socks remain firmly affixed to my feet, contrary to popular belief they were not indeed 'blown off.'

Those first two episodes were 3.6 Roentgen.

What I dont understand is the Economics of this show.

It is, I am estimating, the most expensive show ever? About $1B for 8 episodes? Granted, I am assuming that figure is inflated due to the up-front acquisition cost of the rights which were ~$250M right off the hop.

Further, I imagine that the official cost is going to spread out over a number of seasons and as thye go along the production costs might smooth out?

I just dont understand how using a cost/benefit analysis this is going to pay off for Amazon.

The cynic in me thinks this is a Bezos 'Passion Project' that is designed to generate an enormous loss that he's going to drag out of Amazon Video and apply against the enormous profits of Amazon's core businesses, but he's already shown that they know how to efficiently and effectively dodge taxes.

If its really just a Bezosian Passion Project and 'cost be damned just make it!' then by all means, go ahead.