Devolving Into Melodrama

Bought this political drama series through the second season largely based on recommendations that if I enjoyed the Danish crime series Forbrydelsen I would enjoy this as well. Also, it received some good reviews across The Pond. While the first season was good, and the acting and and production values excellent, the second season devolved quickly into primarily a relational melodrama, as do so many initially well done series here in the US. Some, as with an earlier reviewer, will enjoy this, but for me, the series has already lost its interest, and I would not recommend it to anyone looking for genuine political drama or meatier fare than the bourgeois plights and gripes of this series protagonists in season two.