It's the bland sullen acting of the lead that put me off - somehow we were supposed to sympathise with him - not sure why - because he's pretty and rich perhaps, but he just came across as being without any charisma at all.
Having said that, none of them seemed really interested - perhaps they had read those awful scripts. I am surprised no one saw the early bits while it was being made and made big changes - altered that awful accent, changed the lead and stopped the show being some low quality knock off of Buffy/Angel.