*spoilers up to episode 5*
Up to ep 5 and it's definitely a mixed bag for me. Some stuff I really like, and other stuff hasn't worked. It pains me to say it but I wasn't feeling Johanna Constantine at all. The whole interaction with Dream seemed totally off to me and the whole way the church exorcism scene played out was a really odd choice. I guess they were trying to show how badass Constantine is but it just felt tonally off. No fault of the actors, just the pacing and writing seemed all over the place.
The hell episode had some cool visuals and I liked that they kept the Nada scene and we got to see Dream as she sees him. Dream is a colossal prick most of the time and Nada in hell has to be up there with his worst transgressions. "The Oldest Game" was executed alright. Shifting the participant from Chronozon to Lucifer makes sense. Still works much better in the comics, but ok.
David Thewlis as John Dee is really good. He's not portrayed as totally unhinged (but still enough) and the zombie-like look is gone which is understandable but he's a very compelling actor and his performance was great here.
I thought the diner episode was as disturbing as it had to be. It's probably the most straight horror issue of the entire run and that came across in the episode. Have no complaints at all about this one. Also, Desire in the final shot looked dope. I thought they looked really cool in the trailer (unlike some others like Despair) and that didn't change here. Also, I was waiting for *THAT* shot at the end so that was cool to see.
Onwards to The Sound of Her Wings which is obviously a pivotal point of the comic run and where a lot of people got hooked so hopefully they can nail it.