There are some good elements here (though occasionally raising suspicious associations with movies and TV series such as "The Incredibles", "Carrie", "Heroes" etc.). If the producers had not wasted so much effort and time trying to make the series look atmospheric, serious and "deep", I would have just relaxed and enjoy it and would not have bothered to mention (in fact, I might have not even noticed) the huge holes and absurdities in the plot. By the way, I wonder: without the slow-motion, song and dancing sequences, would they have been able to turn out more than five episodes? Not an entirely boring waste of time - but a waste of time nonetheless.