I never read the series I may after this, so far it's a so so show. Consider the main fact the show has women acting like mindless morons rioting in the streets all over the place. Maybe in some areas yes but not every place. Mostly women would get their heads up and start working to salvage a life for those kids still alive. The main problem is the massive slam of "woke" ideology and typical politics of the day rammed up the rears of every show and movie to date. Pandemic or not force feeding ideology is worse than anything this nation or the world needs right now.