I dont really mind e casting from the books in a different race, but I notice that only certain kinds of roles get the race switch treatment. You wouldn't see Jack get switched to a black actor, now would you. Its especially nteable in female roles, where nearly all competent but sexy women get switched out to black. Even Anne Boleyn, the British Queen was played by a black actress. If it was really just any role, I wouldn't mind, but only the most admirable, and heroic characters get cast that way. Its as if Hollywood has decided that white women are simply inconceivable as both sexy and smart. Btw...she wasn't that completely SUPERWOMAN in the book. Here she just doesnt need anyone. She is literally more useful then all of the 12 white men put together, and thats Hollywood crapping on people too. I LIKED the direction it took. And I predicted it. So I wasn't surprised when we didn't just have a cop procedural with a quirky detective. I like the supernatural element.

Other then that, it was an excellent, very Stephen King-ish story, although its also a plagiarization of John Carpenter's the Thing. I mean, come on.

What I dont understand at all is the lack of a season 2. The explanations given by HBO make zero sense or less. Its one of the few shows whose viewership GREW as time went on. For example; Look at "And Just Like That" where they started high, but went downhill and fast.