Ah, sorry I wrote the above pretty late. I misphrased the review, romantic/sexual drama would fit better!
I felt that the amount and type of "romantic/sexual drama" in the show wasn't that different from what we got in the later books, and on the whole done a lot better.
Yeah, I had to do a double take at that... Or maybe we both somehow missed an episode.
I will say it has the americana filling of violence/gore though (if gore is the right word for the boat scenes).