I was definitely surprised that the Chief's wife was in the Guilty Remnant. Had assumed for most of the episode that she was one of the vanished.
Developed a hatred for those people within one episode, so that at least says something for the quick development of this semi-dystopian world they live in within only 1 episode. It's an interesting concept...just seeing how different people deal with their lives after something like that. My only fear is that this will get stale, and how long until they can't simply deflect the main question - where did everyone go?!
I fear the hype will get huge and the answer will be a letdown. But I like the characters thus far...and all my other shows aren't on right now
So I'll try not to think too much about that overarching question.