As viewers, we know that some things we just have to take on faith. We readily accept some odd things. After all, any first-year writer knows that conflict = drama. I started losing the sense of credibility in the script with the evil Russian captain. But then, one would think, in a post-apocalyptic world, there has to be some scrambling for power. So why not? After all, it's a tv show, so just accept it.
Now, they introduce Alfre Woodard's character into the mix, who is willing to sacrifice remaining Americans so that she can power a lab that, in a world where there are supposed to be almost vacant of living humans we find a city populated heavily. There is also a renegade 'gang' that wants to destroy the lab, and the cure.
A couple of cops hijack a US Navy Destroyer with handguns without sounding general quarters. Someone rushes the dude w/ the gun, they struggle, and he gets shot without a bunch of hard-ass sailors jumping all over him and his cohorts. It's tv - just accept it.
Then we find out that they are actually using the bodies of those that 'fre Woodard's character exterminated to fuel the lab, despite the fact it would take more fuel to burn the bodies than they would themselves produce. Are all the trees dead from the virus? All the better - seasoned wood.
This show has some good drama. It's entertaining. I'm basically hooked, but would like to see a little fewer plot holes and more credibility.
