I got stuck on the first episode for weeks, it felt like drudge work, truly ugly thoughts...vocalized; like jumping into a cold lake... uncomfortable at first but then you grow accustom. The same drudge remains thought at least Episode 8. It started to change in 2nd episode and by the 3rd this monotonic discomfort seems to be exactly the backdrop the writer intended as the carrier wave of her story, which so far has been excellent.