Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Dismal viewing

Having heard enthusiatic reviews on NPR - usually an unimpeachable source - I looked forward eagerly to watching Series 1, episode 1. I tried it sober; perhaps I should have tried it drunk. Ham acting, cliched backdrops (pole-dancing was an idea already on its last legs before The Sopranos ran it into the ground)and dialogue which may possibly be realistic but certainly is dull. I labored manfully through the whole first episode. I shall not torment myself with a second.