I am trying to find a way to disagree with you without being rude about it, while still getting across just how much I disagree with you.
I am failing at that task. So, I guess I just can say that I thought the most of the acting (except for Lawless and Hannah) was extraordinarily poor. As it well below most soap opera acting. Some of it is truly horrid, particularly with some of the bit parts, and sometimes sounds like the actors are literally reading their lines.
The difference between this and, say, the acting in the "Rome" series, is so stark that I am at a complete failure to comprehend how I saw the same show as someone who says the acting was "good" overall.