My review - by the numbers:

Number of awesome opening sequences: 1
Number of slightly slow paced episodes: 1
Number of close-ups of TH's eye: 3,267 (really, what was up with that?)
Number of love scenes: 1 (and too short - what you see in the trailer is all there is!)
Number of times we all wanted to be Aure Atika: ALL the times
Number of blood splattered dogs: 1
Number of times TH worshipped the porcelain god: 1
Number of bum shots: 0 (we were promised the bum!)
Number of cliffhangers: one...in front of a snowy cliff!

Actors:
TH: A-
HL: B+
OC: A