You must remember this is the BBC budget in 1970s not the US. It does take awhile to get going I think. Servalan is one of my favourite women characters ever. She's just such a great villain. (Except in episodes written by John Steed when the sexism is turned up to 11). I think it's an interesting series with some nice ideas. I like that it's quite dark, could you have a heroic lead accused of child abuse these days? I love Avon's sarcasm and Villa's hopelessness. They just aren't your typical scifi heroes. Some episodes are better than others. It's not really one of those shows you can devour in chunks but kinda have to watch a few episodes at a time.