I decided to watch this based on the 8.5 IMDB rating. 8.5! That's pretty darn high. I used to think IMDB scores were reliable--anything over 7 was worth watching, over 8 was almost guaranteed to be stellar or at least high quality. Sadly I think the rating system is broken. (Not just here, but everywhere on the internet.) I made it through 5 and a half episodes before I called it quits. I was really expecting the show to get better, but during episode 5 I realized I didn't care about any of the characters, and I figured out how the apocalypse was going to happen. If I had sat through the remainder only to see it play out just as I expected, I would have been super pissed. Calling the characters "superheroes" is laughable--there's a ludicrously muscled guy who doesn't fight very well, a girl who can start rumors, a guy who can throw knives around corners, a guy who can talk to dead people, and a kid who can teleport and time travel, and is supposedly--but not evidently--a super genius (his powers seem a little disproportionate to others). Plus they have a robot mom and a chimpanzee butler. It all seems contrived to be bizarre and zany, and without a solid script/plot it comes off as a hodgepodge of cliches from the graphic novel genre. I could forgive a few cliches if the characters were actually likable, but mostly, with the exception of Klaus, they're insufferable. The acting wasn't a huge problem for me--the show could have been great with a smarter script and well-constructed plot... but then again, what wouldn't be? I know this is fantasy entertainment, but for me to suspend belief and become invested in a plot there have to be some consistent rules that govern the way things work. Disappointingly, this plot was consistently nonsensical and sloppy, and yet predictable. I'm starting to lose faith in Netflix productions, as well as IMDB's ratings.