The series was by no means perfect but built up a steady momentum over the run to its final episodes - where things fall more clearly into place in preparation of season 2. The 1st episodes are some of the weakest in the show series with more clunky dialogue elements and unnecessary exposition that didn't either assist the understanding of world building or that of the main characters but seemed to allude to elements of real world political trends that distracted from the big story. As the story progressed these distractions lessened and allowed a very good story to be progressed and told and an interesting world to be built through 'show not tell'. Definitely a good start over the series length, left you wanting more at the end and on the right trajectory for an even better 2nd series. 8.5 out of 10 for the 1st series.