[Marshall Placid]

I thought the acting was pretty good.

The show has a high hill to climb when compared to the original series.

However, I thought this new spin-off was surprisingly good.

To me, I think most new series start off without much attachment to characters, until further on in the plot.

This new series got me hooked on the first episode.

It provided a different point of view to the Walking Dead Universe:

Spoiler!

The first episode, and I think subsequent episodes, are about how it started and how it progressed into total zombie anarchy.

Or, how the next sneak peek puts it: something about "fear" being our enemy and that was how the virus spread.