I have been told NOT to watch the first episode, that I would be squicked beyond belief (I have a problem with explicit sexual violence, and most gory films -- I can watch something like Pirates of the Caribbean because it's swashbuckly and nothing much shows, but much beyond that....) I tried to watch last night's show, and it was quite gross in spots. I think the writing may have been good, if you had been following the characters ,but it was not a good spot to jump in for those of us who hadn't been serious watchers previously.