[Igottago]

I actually agree with Mike F. I was a fan of the first episode, but this one seemed to drop off in quality, bigtime. If this was the first episode I saw, I'd pretty underwhelmed. Yeah, to an extent you have to turn your brain off in these genres, but do I have to become a zombie myself to enjoy this show?

I'm not going to repeat a lot of what Mike F and others have already pointed out, but another thing that irked me was that a lot of the characters trapped in the city also seem to have sibling/family members out in the country, and in the same camp no less. What a coincedence. So is this show going to be about the human spirit and survival in the face of disaster, or is it going to become days of our lives, with zombies?

Also, I just didn't find the characters all that engaging. Their personas seemed kind of forced, unlike the characters from the first episode. Like the racist guy on the roof trying to take command. I thought that was pretty poorly done. Its not like it was a normal guy with some racist tendencies, that he was conflicted against in the face of tragedy. Its like "lets take an over the top racist guy and stick him on the rooftop with a black guy". That whole exchange would've been better if they toned it down and bit and maybe added a bit of complexity to his character.

I'll still give it a chance next week, but less excited about the show than I initially was.