I finished the 9 eps of HBO's Luck today. Even though the series was cut short, I'd still recommend those 9 episodes as worthy of watching. One storyline was left dangling a bit, but this is a rich series of stories and many came to a satisfactory end. The filming technique for the horse race sequences was devised by Michael Mann and they are beyond compare with any I've ever seen. For that alone, it deserves viewing consideration.