@cojoe5,Chii:
Well theres good news for the two of you, they stream the aired episodes on the [adult swim] homepage:
[adult swim] | Adult Swim Video @gekkou:
I cant force you to like this but I do highly recommend that you keep watching it. Things start to pick up rather quickly after episode 10. So at the very least wait until episode 10. Its one of the better, possibly one of the best episodes of season 1.
As for Lelouch's Zero costume design = King chess piece, it suits him because he believes that the King should be out on the front lines fighting the battles. If I remember correctly in the first episode during Lelouch's chess game he started off with the King.