the first episode barely kept me interested -- opening with a world-destroying pandemic is a little too real still -- and I almost stopped after 20 minutes into the second episode.

but it grabbed me hard after that. third episode is sensational (Danielle Deadwyler acted her ass off); love the different timelines and story arcs so far.

wasn't sure how the "traveling Shakespeare troupe in post-apocalyptic world" would work, but it does.