A waste of time? Jamming With Edward? Toys in the Attic? Mushroom Samba? Speak Like A Child? Cowboy Funk? Disagree completely. Humour, excitement, surprisingly moving moments, the cutest dog ever, there's so much there to enjoy. Not a duff episode in the whole series. As for saying a story struggles to manifest itself, not sure how it struggles, the overriding plotline that comes up at times is very simple and clear.
In the end, I have to think not liking Cowboy Bebop is like not liking The Beatles or the Toy Story trilogy. It means you're either a contrarian, or crazy.