I know by the time you saw the headline of my review you may think that I am actually exaggerating. But I am not. This series gave me a roller coaster ride

This is by far one of the worst shows I've seen. full of cliches, unnecessary back stories, no chemistry between characters, lack of consistency, bad acting, too many slow motion scenes with sentimental music, very patronising, I can go on and on; shortly speaking terrible!

This show is transcendent - and I've never used that word to describe ANYTHING before.Although not entirely flawless, it is the closest thing to perfection I've ever seen. The biggest flaw of this show is not the show itself but the audience, who didn't stick with it long enough to get hooked.The second biggest flaw is Netflix, who did a remarkably brave and visionary thing in commissioning this show, then behaved like corporate cowards and cancelled it while continuing to fund lesser but more "popular" shows.Sense8 is utterly unique, in every sense. There has never been a show like it, in terms of what it attempts to do or how it attempts to do it. And remarkably it succeeds in every goal (except to keep being made, sadly). People don't seem to understand what an extraordinary achievement it is.Setting aside the actual narrative content of the show - which is mind-blowing, but has been discussed elsewhere, this show also proves that it is NOT impossible to make movie-quality television, with a large regular cast, and shoot with ALL of them in 16 cities, 11 countries around the world - on a cheaper budget per episode than "Friends".Other shows more expensive than Sense8 are "ER" - which ran for 15 seasons, and Netflix's own "The Crown" which is marvellous, but not ground-breaking like Sense8.But apparently viewing figures are the be-all, end-all to Netflix. And that's a shame and a disgrace, because with Sense8 they could have been the network that changed the entire landscape of television production, and raised the intelligence and expectations of global audiences in the minds of TV executives, ushering in a new era of transcendent television production. Instead they just confirmed that it CAN be done, but it's not worth it 'cos audiences are too lazy and impatient to bother.My mind was blown by this show, and I never saw it coming. I wish more minds could be blown. The world needs it.

I am a straight white male and I just loved this show. Open your mind and enjoy the ride.