My main criticism of this spin off is the complete wasted opportunity.
The CRM have been a looming presence through both the main show but especially FTWD but always shrouded in somewhat mystery & ambiguity. A show exploring this group 10 years into the apocalypse could have been very interesting. Are they trying to make a cure? Are they a good and safe group? How does the society operate? But instead we are given tasters of that (mostly at the end of an episode or post credits) and then we focus on a rag tag bunch of teens just moving place to place just like the main series and FTWD focusing on each of its respected groups moving place to place.
The difference between this and the other shows however is that at least the characters in the other shows are likeable. Everybody here comes off fundamentally boring and contrived. Maybe later on in the season things will improve but at this review (7 episodes in) this is a big misfire.
The CRM have been a looming presence through both the main show but especially FTWD but always shrouded in somewhat mystery & ambiguity. A show exploring this group 10 years into the apocalypse could have been very interesting. Are they trying to make a cure? Are they a good and safe group? How does the society operate? But instead we are given tasters of that (mostly at the end of an episode or post credits) and then we focus on a rag tag bunch of teens just moving place to place just like the main series and FTWD focusing on each of its respected groups moving place to place.
The difference between this and the other shows however is that at least the characters in the other shows are likeable. Everybody here comes off fundamentally boring and contrived. Maybe later on in the season things will improve but at this review (7 episodes in) this is a big misfire.