As someone who lived through it all (I knew Sylvester, worked with Ken Jones on the Parade Committee) I found episode 1 a lot better than I'd feared. (And a number of facebook friends with similar histories agreed.) Sure, it tries to do too much in too little time - gotta pack in all those commercials - and veers…

Heaven forbid you'd learn something, or maybe get a little compassion…or even have to deal with your own psycho-sexual hang-ups. Well, thanks for sharing. Your moral superiority is duly noted.