The ONLY reason I gave this eight stars is because of the Dragon scenes.

I was EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED by this series.

It's DARK. VIOLENT. And BRUTTISH.

(It's also LITERALLY DARK. Where was this series filmed - in an enormous closet?)

Most of the episodes move along at a snail's pace, giving it a PLODDING feeling. That's because too many of the SCENES are TOO LONG, DRAGGING DOWN the TEMPO.

Either POOR WRITING or POOR DIRECTING are to blame.

I suspect that some DIRECTORS are SO IN LOVE with what they've shot they REFUSE TO SHORTEN any scenes to move the episode along more briskly. As a result, the series suffers.

The BEST PART, of course is THE DRAGONS! They are perhaps the ONLY SAVING GRACE of this series.

We CANNOT GET ENOUGH of the DRAGONS. But it's appropriate that the series shows them a little at a time, lest we get tired of seeing them.

But WHO? (yes, WHO?) EVER gets TIRED of SEEING DRAGONS?

Let's hope the next season (because, of course, there will be another season) is BETTERN WRITTEN, BETTER DIRECTED, AND USES BETTER LIGHTING!