Teheuti
The AIDS part is more about the difficulty getting clean, affordable medications in Africa today. It has nothing to do with SF in the 80s.Someone in my LGBT circle of friends was upset about the depiction of the AIDS epidemic in the show (they lived through it in SanFran so their viewpoint is understandable).
I also read that the characters are two-dimensional. To some degree, yes, but I doubt if those reviewers had seen all 12 episodes. Each has their story which we are only beginning to uncover in Season 1.
And most reviewers are missing the whole empathy aspect of their psychic connection.
It's not a perfect show but its still fascinating and pushes numerous intriguing boundaries.