> I stopped watching it though once the "protomolecule" stuff started. So, the first scene in the first episode? Before the opening credits? It would be one t

> I stopped watching it though once the "protomolecule" stuff started. So, the first scene in the first episode? Before the opening credits? It would be one thing if they added the crazy alien magic plot device midway through a later season to get out of some writing hole they'd gotten themselves into, but they intentionally opened the first episode of the show (and the prologue of the first book) with a fleeting glimpse of what the protomolecule is capable of to set the stakes for the rest of the series.