It improves with time in my opinion. Even the main characters voice changes with time. It's like they developed the show on the fly but it does get better. Obviously with any TV show or movie it's highly subjective and you may still hate it. My favorite character is not even the main character. I enjoyed "Cocoa Puffs" a.k.a. "Root" (Amy Acker) the most which probably explains a lot of my failed relationships. Still looking for the real version of her.

I personally enjoyed it enough to put up with Amazon's weird "Freevee" ads since they did not give me the option to just buy it. The only thing I did not like is the same thing I dislike about most of the shows on Netflix and Amazon is that it drags on really slow. I could have combined many episodes into one, multiple times.

I don't want to spoil it for you, but eventually they delve into the mystery behind those numbers and the implications of it. Generally any series gets better after the first season so don't give up on it!

I thought the first episode was mediocre, but I enjoy the series as a better than average mind candy distraction.

My real problem with it was getting over Michael Emerson -- he's so detestable in Evil.

Dripping wet Gillian Anderson