I'm loving the show. Yes, lots of hunky men and gorgeous women in various states of undress, but it actually works plot-wise, and the pacing is good. I'm drawn into the story 100%. Andy Whitfield has non-hodgkins lymphoma, which is pretty serious. My thoughts and prayers go out to him. I think he's been fantastic in the role. Now that I know what he's going through, and what was definitely going on inside his lymph nodes while those very scenes were being filmed, I'm kind of affected by it all. Ya ya, celebrity adoration and all, but geez, he's just a guy with a family, trying to make a living as an actor, and now he has this really terrible cancer. My heart goes out to him.