When I watched S1, a few episodes in, I started thinking, this show is kind of biting on Jurassic Park.
Then, I went and discovered that the original material was written by Michael Crichton!
Which means, he is the only person that can legitimately bite on Jurassic Park.
And, it explained why I enjoyed it so much, one of my favorite writers and I have read a LOT of his books starting when I was in Jr High.