Forget all the one and two star reviews they are just from trolls and attention seekers. This is a terrific new show and if anything has a stronger first episode than the Walking Dead had.
It is like the Walking Dead character driven as much as it is plot driven. If you want a plot driven show with cardboard characters this is not it. Like the Walking Dead you are invited to get to know people so that when some of them git bitten you feel the loss and it is not just a quick jump out of the seat when the zombie gets his man.
The characters are interesting and I suspect that the weakest when the world is normal such as the fat kid and the drugged up son will end up being the resilient ones once things turn ugly.
The slow realization of what is happening is also realistically portrayed although I did wonder if at this stage people were turning once bitten as opposed to turning at the point of death. If the turn is just at the point of any random death then morgues would be overrun with zombies one would think within a day of the outbreak. All in all this is a great new show.
It is like the Walking Dead character driven as much as it is plot driven. If you want a plot driven show with cardboard characters this is not it. Like the Walking Dead you are invited to get to know people so that when some of them git bitten you feel the loss and it is not just a quick jump out of the seat when the zombie gets his man.
The characters are interesting and I suspect that the weakest when the world is normal such as the fat kid and the drugged up son will end up being the resilient ones once things turn ugly.
The slow realization of what is happening is also realistically portrayed although I did wonder if at this stage people were turning once bitten as opposed to turning at the point of death. If the turn is just at the point of any random death then morgues would be overrun with zombies one would think within a day of the outbreak. All in all this is a great new show.