there be no deny it . sci fi on tv be difficult . there be so many problem that the genre brings with it . like the need for a good budget and solid writing and decent acting . perhaps the budget and the script writing be the department where i feel most attempt have fail . so do surface succeed . not completely and but more so than most . the way i see it and a good sci fi show doesn not really need a lot of cgi to work and nor do it need a ton of money . what it need be the capacity to create a large than life feeling . the feeling that there be more than meet the eye and something to make me curious and willing to try and figure out how it go to end . add the piece of the puzzle and sometimes say aha . be what make or break a show like this one . surface have a couple of flaw . first of all it basic premise be not as exciting a it could have be and nor be the revealed story a exciting ( or dare ) a i hop in the beginning . also the tv feeling be very present much of the time . all the way from the crappy cgi ( that range from decent to awful ) to the rather shift quality in the acting department . also it feel sometimes a bit too family orient in that it take the edge of sometimes and become almost cutesy . but aside from these flaw it an enjoyable show . maybe not as spectacular a some of the other sci fi show out there . but it manage to keep me interested the whole season and it offer a couple of nice cliffhanger between show as well . the end for me be not that appeal . i do not like show that end without end so to speak and leave the story unresolved . it especially unfortunate in this case since the show seem to be cancel after the first season ( it be a of yet undecided ) . hbo be to me the benchmark for quality television . their series have the best actor and the best production value and above all the most solid writing . this be not hbo quality and but it good for what it be . good enough to want another season without a doubt .