It's not just that the science is bad -- it's bad in a big way. And often. And it's written without good context or plot to support it. And without any good science to balance out the bad. And it's not 'fun' bad science, like you might find in a super hero movie; it's bad science that seems to think it's good science. I'm an engineer, so I probably judge science and logic harsher than most, but the first episode had me groaning and rolling my eyes maybe 30 separate times. Gross.

And it's not just the acting is bad -- it's bad in a comprehensive way. I couldn't get behind any of the characters. I couldn't fall into the story, partly because the acting seemed so forced -- like even the actors had something else on their minds while filming.

And it's not just that the writing is bad -- it's exceptionally weak, cheap, emotionless, lazy, like the whole show was based on a first draft.

The special effects were not bad per se, but they weren't good. It felt lacking of imagination. Not really inspiring or interesting -- just present. And, sometimes, the special effects were genuinely actually really bad.

I knew by the 15th minute in that I was going to hate this show. But I watched until the end of the first episode. Yep, it's terrible.