I haven't played the video game, but if episode 1 is any indication, this series will have a highly successful run.

The opening credit is so creative. It shows how the fungus grows and spreads. I can't help but be reminded of the COVID 19 virus as it mutates and spreads. The film genre has mutated. It used to be lorded over by all kinds of zombie stories. Great ones, to be sure, like World War Z, Walking Dead, Black Summer and even Korean films like Train to Busan and Kingdom. Now, we have a deadly fungal infection whose effects on the individual are very similar to those on people who become zombies.

The episode is unsettling as well as thought-provoking. The musical score suitably adds to the gloomy and foreboding tone.

It's a reunion of Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey who starred both in the hit series "Game of Thrones."

It's early days yet. We'll know if it will turn out to be a monster hit.