I'm sitting here trying to understand the point of hiring Gabriel Byrne other than to say he's in the show, because his parallel story line is both pointless, nonsensical and boring. He and his - I assume - ex wife have these little dramatic etudes amidst total death and destruction as if they don't have better things to talk about. Then there's the female scientist who's always fumbling around, tripping over things, disobeying direct orders during an apocalypse, and generally, playing the stereotypical hysterical female who's suppose to be a scientist. Then there's the shootout from the top of the grocery story where several military men are killed or wounded, and the shooters are anyone's guess. All this while some mechanical dog wanders around collecting bodies. I mean seriously, this couldn't be any worse.