The single biggest gripe from most of the reviewers is the ending. But good heavens! I am a professional writer, have written for television and movies, as well as lots of books and stories. And it could not be plainer that this is the first half of a two-series story. There is a saying among writers - if you show a gun, you have to shoot it at some point.

In this case, the "gun" is the ring, which we deliberately know nothing about. And we won't find out what it really means until Season 2. Which is definitely coming. Absent issues like financing or another plague, in fact, I guarantee it.