Have to agree on the later part- B- to C for me as well. The forced social commentary didn't help the weak and predictable story.
One of the comments/reviews on IMDB mentioned something I very much agree with: For this series to be truly fantasy show/movie, there needs to be a fantasy element which is crucial to the story. Unfortunately, it's not the case with the Row. You take any European major city early 20th century (like Prague - btw: it's incredibly visually similar in places to the Burge) add WW1, racism, LGBT, politics, and extremism. Fantasy parts are just a thin coat on this story which could be easily removed.
Two other aspects a bit disappointing:
A) I was promised a steam-punk world, instead, it's just steam era and very little to no steampunk (See Mortal Engines for what I mean by it)
B) Minor spoiler ahead: In episode 4 there is non-crucial for the story knife fight between two Faes. IMO it's the single most ridiculous thing in the entire series as a sequence of events did not make any sense whatsoever!!