[No Spoilers] The Legend of Vox Machina series as a substitute?

A lot of short clips on social media really had me catch interest in critical role. As far as I'm aware there are 3 campaigns and the first one is also captured in a series. Since I've read that the first campaign is rough around the edges in technical regards, is the series a good substitute to get primed for easter eggs, nods and such in the second and third campaign?