Well, you're going to see Orlando Jones in the present day in the next episode, since I can't imagine Fuller will take longer to get to the big Council-of-Elrond-type meeting, in which his character gets a key role. Mind you, it took me through most of s1 of Black Sails before I liked anyone on that show, and we didn't find out the key information re: Flint until mid s2 (though I'm proud that I can prove I did voice it as a theory after having watched s1, during the season hiatus), so I think it's possible to watch a show and develop affection later than the first few episodes. However, one shouldn't force it. I mean, I love this book, it's one of my favourite novels, full stop, and so far the tv show has been doing a good job of bringing it to life for me as a reader. So I'm hopelessly biased. But I also always believed that nobody should watch something they don't enjoy. That only leads to frustration and bad feelings.