I watched the entire show and I can honestly say that I don't understand the hype AT ALL. The premise is good but the execution is awful. Half way through the show I decided to check the book to see if maybe it'll be better there and 10 chapters in it was already infinitely better. The acting is sub per, there are vey few actors that can actually ACT in this show, Shen wei is carrying this show acting wise, the only scenes where he got any true emotional and acting feedback in this show is when he was acting against HIMSELF. Most of the characters were immensely annoying with only a few that were ok and besides one or two, they are INCREDIBLY bad at their jobs. The level of incompetency is staggering. The writing was just bad, things didn't make sense and the plot twists were, for the most part, pretty poorly done. The SGI and special effects were horrible and I've seen better from shows that came out in the 90s. Important parts of the plot were incredibly rushed while unimportant ones were given a lot of time.
Overall, not a good show, in the last few episodes I was just waiting for it to be over (I don't like living shows unfinished if I've already watched more then half...) and would probably never watch it again. But I will read the book, it's already proving to be MUCH better.