There was the jump scare of the first time pops heads down there and so any tension had evaporated on the second (pointless) visit. There wasn't even the thrill of the expectation that something might happen as they are in and out after a brief look about. They cover the same rooms we had seen before; the same blood on the floor we had seen before and ... then they leave. Pointless.

5 minutes wasted which could have been better spent dragging out other better scenes.

Such as the dinner table. A great sequence. I wanted the camera to slowly pan after the dining room as junkie guy walks to the table in anticipation of some horror, but he's over there in a flash and it's straight into the dialogue.

Then some crap in the aqueduct which I didn't like. Why didn't anyone say "He's got the virus!" or similar? Junkie guy hasn't even seen the terrible TV footage so his laboured reaction (get in driver's seat, turn key, engage reverse, peddle down etc) seems odd as he's just finishing off his victim with the car (oh and I'll reverse over him too) whereas he should be going mental as his nightmares are happening again in his head because he doesn't know about the virus and zombies.

Anyway. It was alright.

Having an entire episode without a SINGLE FUCKING ZOMBIE in it was certainly a..... bold choice.

Setting up the military as the enemy instead of the zombies seems strange too, since we know how it all pans out thanks to the existence of TWD.

Also the time jump from the end of Episode 3 into Episode 4 was bizarre, even if it was only nine days. These are the times we're most interested in, how the world goes to shit in the early days of the outbreak, and yet they decide to skip nine days and then give us a fucking soap opera episode.

So we're basically in the same world as TWD now then are we? From the final shots of the episode the cities are ruined and in flames, there's no power, the rule of law has gone, the army has given up and abandoned the population, it's every man for himself. Doesn't that already exist, and it's called THE WALKING DEAD?

There's a big quarry nearby where all the zombies have ended up, but they're starting to escape from it and shortly they will INVADE Alexandria, in some sort of targeted zombie assault, even in a massive land such as America. This explains why Alexandria has survived thusfar, so what they need to do is, erm, get all the zombies out of the quarry, and lead them somewhere else. Fantastic plan.

The thing is though the zombies have been down in that pit for about two years, and Alexandria has done fine for all of that time. It's yet another way in which you have to wonder how smart and/or 'doing the right thing' Rick and his crew are. Let's remember they were literally on the brink of dying (thirst/starvation) before they stumbled upon Alexandria, and now within a few weeks of arriving the AMAZING BIG PLAN is to DELIBERATELY RELEASE thousands of fucking zombies from a place nearby which they are certain will overrun Alexandria unless everyone follows the amazing plan to lead them down miles upon miles of open road before they wander off and bother someone else - because they like to 'herd up'.

It's OK overall because at least there's loads of zombie splatter gore which FTWD wasn't delivering, but in terms of overall quality I'm not convinced TWD is doing anything that FTWD isn't.