The show's selling point is gore. Torture porn. The Texas Chainsaw massacre and the Saw 'franchise', but this is hidden with an air of pseudo sophistication. The show keeps trying to up the ante on how vile a human being can be to another human being. The scenarios become increasingly bizarre and frankly ridiculous. Mads Mikkelsen plays the same character he always plays because he's a model not an actor. This should be contrasted with the always brilliant Laurence Fishburne, and the underrated acting ability of Gillian Anderson. The same can be said for Izzard. With all her genuine causes and good works, we sometimes can forget what a good actor Izzard is. Harris struck gold with The Silence of the Lambs but never ending series of sequels/prequels, offshoots etc is tedious.