Well, I guess that wasn't all bad. I finally got around to watching FTWD in two stints yesterday and actually found myself enjoying what was going on.
I must say I was a bit shocked about Travis, but didn't really "feel" much for the situation. Like some have mentioned, I hope they don't turn this into a situation like TWD where it is find a safe spot, deal with a bad guy, move on, and then rinse and repeat.
With this episode though, it looks like the writers actually listened a bit and wrote a good story that wasn't all over the place. Now if I can develop a level of concern for the characters, we're good to go. I'd actually like to see this story evolve into something where they actually trust and work together with the people they are currently with. That would be an interesting direction to go. That said, I hope they don't decide to start looking for the hill people who shot at the helicopter. To me, that would be a serious waste of resources. But again, it appears as if the head honcho (Unser from SOA) seems to have his head screwed on and wants to give some space to his new people. We'll see if that's just a hook to suck them in or an honest attempt to do well by others.
All in all, a really good episode for this show, probably the best so far. While not completely turning around my opinion of the show, I look forward to seeing what happens and hopefully this show will finally get going.