I was pleasantly surprised by this show. The acting was outstanding - not a clinker in the bunch. I thought the story was pretty good - it kept moving along with enough happening each episode to make me want to watch the next one. If I had a criticism, it would be that the plot stalled a bit during the last third of the series, but it picked back up often enough to regain it's momentum. Happily, it passes the Bechdel test with flying colors - the female characters are well-developed and have moments of lovely "chick" humor and pathos as well -- good insight in many spots as well. It was a good quality series with good writing and acting.