Lots of people around me say the exact same thing. But many of them also say that you really have to sit through the first season. It gets wayyyyy better after that.
Well... we tried to start watching it but my wife and I could not get through the first two episodes... and we surely will not watch an entire first season to get to the good stuff.
Perhaps we're missing out on what seems to be a great show, if you have the time and patience for the good stuff to happen. I guess we will never know...