[Yamer]

Getting back to issues of the time-jump, it didn't really bother me. I really didn't need to see the military shooting walkers/people and putting up fences. The suggestion worked just as well as the action. An episode dedicated to the 'normalcy' of the safe zone does the job, thanks.

We are certainly going to get enough walker violence as the series unfolds (along with TWD). I think the primary cast has already seen enough to begin to develop an understanding of the chaos (culling at the hospital, the drug dealer's turn, Madison whacking the principal, neighbors stumbling around, Susan being shot, etc.). We are meant to be kept away from the worst of it just like the characters have been, which in turn will make the revelation that much more shocking on these people and the audience.

As an aside, I think a lot of people, purposely or otherwise, conflate 'poor acting' with not liking the character. If you don't like the characters, that's fine. I don't know them well enough this far in to make a judgement, but I am intrigued by a few of them (particularly Travis, Madison, and Daniel). It's rare that I immediately pick a stable of characters at the outset of a show to like. Of course, I don't expect to do that either.