I got hooked on Sense8 and ended up binge-watching the entire season this weekend. I'd describe it as Cloud Atlas meets Lost/Fringe... not quite as good as any of those, but still high praise. I enjoyed Sense8 more and more as I got further along and am looking forward to season 2.
The Good: Intriguing, original premise; fantastic original score; diverse, interesting characters with location shooting in 9 different home cities around the globe; strong ensemble cast and maybe even better supporting cast; and compelling storytelling with the ability to seamlessly integrate lighter moments into otherwise intense, serious sequences.
The Bad: Stories like this rely just as much on compelling villains as they do on the heroes, but the villains (so far) in the overarching story aren't handled well and too much is revealed too early. The two female characters with the most screen time never evolve much past the damsel-in-distress cliche. The transgender character is easily the least charismatic and interesting of the bunch, but does begin to show some personality late in the season. Some of the individual character stories progress to more or less of a resolution; I wish they'd just left them all at a cliffhanger to be resolved next season. Naveen Andrews' talents are a bit wasted and Daryl Hannah's are entirely wasted.
The Ugly: The gratuitous sex and disturbing graphic images. I generally appreciate gratuitous sex, but most of it here was so poorly executed or done in such poor taste that it was anything but sexy. Even worse were the disturbing graphic images which, once seen, cannot be unseen.