This show isn't gripping, it's annoying. It's like they are purposefully using every engaging plot device known and exaggerating and overusing them to some extreme level as some sort of sick experiment to see how much we can stand before giving up on the show. Dr. Smith is annoyingly evil beyond belief and Parker Posey makes her generally hard to watch. Other characters are annoying obtuse or idiotic. Annoying subplots come way too often and take way too long to resolve -- extending over several episodes sometimes. In other words, the same story could be told with far fewer cliche plot devices and still be just as engaging, if not more so. I am still watching this show and will probably continue to do so because there are some likable characters, some good writing outside of the annoying stuff, great production quality, and not enough original family(ish, in this case) content on Netflix. But, I have yet to recommend this show to any friends or family because the overall experience is more annoyance than entertainment.