The first 3 episodes were not great - a crisis every other minute. Exhausting and oddly boring. But then beginning more with episode 3, they started doing more character development and interaction and story/plot. I'm now on episode 7 and loving it.

I'm a big Sci-Fi fan and old enough to have watched the original when it initially aired (hey, I was nine years old and liked it). I just decided to forget about the original and enjoy this show. I do like the darkness of the series and characters.

I didn't like most of the first season of ST:TNG either, but stuck with it and loved it - it's my favorite sci-fi series of all. They too learned the value of character interaction and story over the crisis a minute special effects. Thank goodness the network stuck with it as well.

As one reviewer put it, they wanted to be entertained and were. There is not enough sci-fi on air (I miss Firefly and Defying Gravity). Even though I haven't finished this season yet, I hope they give it a 2nd season.