I have to say I'm kind of surprised to see soo much positivty here already in the ratings, it was a positive start, seems to be well produced, good pace and the dark atmosphere is definitly building up while watching it but in the first episode some scenes looked a little bit too staged for me similar like staged scenes in computer games where you later see how you triggered which action, so the whole fleeing scene in the car felt a lot like that. And now I'm coming to my biggest issue which was discussed before, but I'm definitely not happy with the choice of Bella Ramsey for the role of Ellie. Bella is an amazing actress and I loved her role in GoT but she is not a good fit for that role where the cuteness of the girl plays a major role in building up this father daughter relationship later on in the story and to have her as something soo positive against the negativity of the world around them. Seeing Bella tough and not cute at all in the first episode really destroys this part of the story for me and that's a shame because the rest looks really good. I might be wrong and I will edit this review later on after seeing the rest of the episodes but I think the series could have eaaaasily won over way more fans with the right choice for that role. As mentioned before this is no blaming of Bella, she is amazing, but just not in that role :-/. Time will tell.