Great take on the zombie apocalypse. All interest I previously had to the zombie apocalypse died out halfway into the Walking Dead series to which I still have no idea how it ends, nor do I care.

Pedro Pascal is just such a fun actor to follow and is enjoyable in everything he puts out these days. It's nice to have one of those kinds of actors again. He definitely is the strongest focus in the show and I'm not sure how good I feel this show would be without him. But since I don't have to I'm enjoying it for what it is which is interesting.

What I don't like about this show is the behavior of the little girl Pedro's character has sworn to protect. It's not the actress herself as she filled in fine in past HBO series and I know HBO likes to stick with who they know. To me it's how the director has or writers have her behaving and I hope they can get this filled in as the flashback episode did nothing to describe how a 14 year old girl in a post apocalyptic world could be anything other than timid and afraid or, alternately, a straight up hardass when she knows she's a target, if exposed, for execution, kidnapping or even worse. This bratty entitled behavior may fit in with the adolescent experience of a pre-apocalyptic society...but simply does not add up here especially considering the circumstances around her.

It's the only drain on the show for me thus far.