Quote:For everything they've impressed me with, they've let me down at the next turn.

 

I love the drug addict angle.  It drives the story well.  However, while I understand a family being protective of as son... it falls flat with me that they feel competent/capable/bold enough to conduct their own little CSI investigation of the drug den.  Quite a stretch.  Broke my personal threshold for "suspension of disbelief," as I didn't believe they would actually do that on their own, nor would many if any parents I know.

 

I also thought the mom's "got my flu shot" line was nice, but they could have gone deeper with that to make a stronger impact.  One that could be developed further into the coming hysteria over what could be causing the upcoming outbreak.  Rather than a glib one liner, they could have had a bigger scene where the nurse/doc was discussing the current strain they were vaccinating against, and how they are confident it will be more effective than those years past and why, etc, etc...

 

I was also suspect of how quickly the couple was to accept having to "murder" the "walker."  The pace of their escalation seemed rushed, and left me feel they were behaving more like outlaws than heroes.  I got the feeling their morality/drive was more about sheltering/enabling the son than doing what's right.  I would think that in that situation (in the universe where no one knows what's going on yet,) they would still be more interested in getting help for the "walker" than destroying it.

 

Goodness Ebert! J/K.

 

My only beef with first episode was rather similiar to yours. When the kid was running over the walker in the truck, everyone just kind of accepted it. Seemed odd. Also, if he was my kid, I wouldn't be as nice and accepting as the mom is. That's all. Other than that, I liked it pretty well and look forward to the next few episodes.

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