I'm 6 episodes in and it's pretty good. It's not as good as the original series but let's be honest, not much is. The nerds will complain about absolutely everything of course but I have been enjoying it. There is only 1 plot line really unlike the original series which had several parallel lines that were destined to collide. So it is less sophisticated than the original in that sense. HoTD also skips forward in time basically every episode (so far at least) which is a little confusing at times but does advance you through lots of events at a good clip instead of spending a whole season on one point in time, which I think is a plus considering there is only the 1 plot for the most part. The 1 star reviews on here are comical, I don't see how you could give it less than a 5. Nothing is for everyone and HoTD certainly isn't perfect but if you loved the original series then there is plenty of things to like in this new one.