One of the harshest negative reviews came from HitFix, on Daniel Fienberg and Alan Sepinwall's podcast, where Fienberg called the premiere episode "awful, just horrible ... as bad as The Walking Dead has ever gotten at its very worst.
Salah satu ulasan negatif paling keras datang dari HitFix, dalam siniar Daniel Fienberg dan Alan Sepinwall, di mana Fienberg menyebut episode perdana "mengerikan, hanya mengerikan ... seburuk yang pernah The Walking Dead dapatkan pada kondisi terburuknya.