Vanessa Kirby, meanwhile, plays the modern-day Alice, who starts the action by wandering into a cave during an earthquake on an archaeological dig and finding a ring while hearing Alaïs’s voice whispering to her across the years. Brown Findlay’s “Downton” character, Lady Sibyl, but it comes as much less a surprise. She has the bad timing to be there when crusaders arrive to dispatch the Cathars, who have been declared heretics. Jessica Brown Findlay of “Downton Abbey” toils in the medieval story line as Alaïs, a French noblewoman living in Carcassonne, the picturesque hill town. Perhaps the biggest problem with the show, adapted by Adrian Hodges (“Primeval”) from the Kate Mosse novel and directed by Christopher Smith, is that there isn’t enough story for four hours - even though there are parallel plots taking place in 12, each with its own full cast of mostly British actors. Always wanted to know more about Catharism and the Albigensian Crusade? After watching “Labyrinth,” you may actually know less. CW starts off the summer television season on Thursday night with “Labyrinth,” a “four-hour event mini-series.” “Event” in this case means a two-year-old “Da Vinci Code” rip-off from the Ridley Scott costume-drama factory.
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