The episode definitely had it's flaws, but I'm going to check out a little more before settling on any judgement. Worth noting though (and why I'm commenting here) that this show aired BEFORE House or Shark (had to look Shark up, had never heard of it either, but then I don't watch much regular TV). House came out later in the same year (2004) and Shark started up 2 years later. CSI had been around for a few years (since fall of 2000) so this certainly could have taken some cues from it. The whole feel is different though- this show seems to be setup with episodes acting like chapters in a book, with a plot that flows and is developed through them. The pilot mostly seemed to introduce some of the key characters and some of the plot threads that (I'm guessing) will be shown to be related in later episodes, as plots and characters continue to be developed.
This in contrast to shows that present a problem at the opening of an episode but generally have it all wrapped by the end. Each episode has most of the same key characters, but most of their plots are relatively shallow, beginning and ending in the same episode (or maybe two or three later). Characters continue to develop, but each episode is, for the most part, it's own short story. Time will tell, but I don't think the episode is meant so much to have a cliffhanger ending; it seems more to just be setting up multiple (probably interconnected) plots.

Why censor the language used when it is TV-MA? However, what I do not understand is how the explicit scene with daughter walking in on daddy having sex wasn't left on the cutting-room floor? That part was over the line. I mean really people! It may be true to life, but so is going to the restroom and we shouldn't have people following us in with cameras. This isn't a hardcore documentary, it is entertainment. It was unnecessary and in poor taste. She didn't even turn away (at first) which would be a normal persons reaction. I'm not religious, but that was sick. Way to kill my interest just minutes into the show!