I'm watching this now. The script is horrible. Whenever anything scientific is brought up whoever brings it up explains it like a school teacher when it is common knowledge to the audience (Sci-fi fans know what the wow signal is). Along this vein we know that super colliders don't produce 3d animations of atom collisions that scientists watch on their cell phones and say things like "That's not how it's supposed to work". For something that aims to elevate science it seems to know very little (or like/foster curiosity) about it.
I feel like this is sci fi written by the writers of NCIS for the audience of NCIS. I don't know how much of this is due to the script writers or the original source material. It makes me want to read the books just to answer this question, not so much because I like the story.
I felt the same way. The realistic complexity of the show feels dumbed down and is an immediate turn off and even cheap. Let’s say compared to the movie The Martian, the way they show and not tell is a great example for keeping realism engaged.
I feel like this is sci fi written by the writers of NCIS for the audience of NCIS. I don't know how much of this is due to the script writers or the original source material. It makes me want to read the books just to answer this question, not so much because I like the story.