It is way better than I thought it would be. Honestly when it was first announced I assumed it was going to be a corny cash grab show that might offer some bouts of mild entertainment. I guess I had trouble buying the premise of taking place on earth. But damn, the production value, acting, special effects (although some of the cgi is a little too cgi-y) are all top notch and giving a great Alien experience so far. I will say its funny how billionaires/trillionaires are valid excuses for weird/bad decision making because its just part of the zeitgeist that those types of obscenely rich people are actually weirdos and would make dumb/unethical decisions, like putting children into synthetic bodies and then sending them on a dangerous mission to secure a rivals proprietary research etc.