I want to start my review by saying I am unfamiliar with the video game this is based on and I am not a fan of the "zombie" genre... i.e. Take what I have to say with a huge grain of salt. My husband is a huge post-apocalyptic and zombie genre fan...so I have sat through just about everything out there since the 70's, and even some classics like White Zombie. I really like Pedro Pascal and I thought were no issues with the acting in episode one...but what it really lacked was the heart or the emotional connection. That "make me care" factor. It was so bleak and really offered nothing new to the whole zombie story that I won't be watching any more. It was day of the dead meets day of the triffids.