You should check out my most recent blog post to see my opinion on the whole series. To me, it improved immensely as it went along, and I ended up liking most of the characters (still think Daru could have been a bit better by the end, but even he became more like an actual person as opposed to an fantasy-internet-weirdo). And, yeah, episode 12 (Dogma in Ergosphere) was easily the best: not only for the big twist at the end but also for its grounded character work that preceded it. It felt like the show was going to go in a completely different direction than it ultimately did, and it was really interesting to watch everyone just getting along - obviously before the SHOCKING! TWIST!
But, yeah. 'Twas good in the end. Sci-fi isn't really my cup of tea, so I was surprised to end up liking this as much as I did. Thanks for the recommendation - now you go watch Community!