I first watched it between seasons 2 and 3 of the US version, back before it came out what an awful person Spacey was, but more importantly (for this conversation) before the show had started stretching itself thin. Although on their surface the shows diverge, plot-wise, after season 1 of each, I think thematically they diverge after their respective season 2s.

And I always liked to say back then that the UK version was just as good as the US version, but very different tonally. The key difference is that the UK version stuck the landing with a strong season 3 that it ended on.

I wish I could rewatch it, but it wasn’t easy to get a hold of back then, and finding pirate versions of stuff has only gotten harder in the decade since.