I quite liked the pilot. I also liked some of the changes to the original premise, such as
As for quality of the pilot (not meaning actual plot, production, etc.)...
Although obviously I myself have just got back from watching it in the US

, I have heard that there are two different "scene releases" available on the "internet". One is a very bad "rip" which is "not linear with the broadcast", while the other is a much better quality version labelled as "proper".