I have to say that the Adam storyline is one of my least favorites, and I felt very bored while watching it. (Fortunately, Professor Stokes and Nicholas Blair pop up occasionally to liven up the story.) DS has a pattern of presenting truly excellent, creative, suspenseful stories (1795, 1897) and then follwing them with sub-par, boring, poorly-written drivel (Adam, Leviathans.) I've always wondered why this was so. Perhaps the writers had expended all their creative energies and couldn't rise above a lousy plot, or perhaps they just didn't know how to follow up their past successes.
That said, please don't give up on the show, mscbryk. Many hidden gems lie ahead. DS has its ups and downs, but it's worthwhile to stick through to the end.
ProfStokes