I thought it was better then both. Had more of a mystery element, especially with the reveal near the end.
The ABC show really didn't do anything about the mystery of the returned and how/why, etc. and became to much of a soap drama. The HBO show, I assume you mean the one where 1% of the population disappears?, that one isn't about the returned so it doesn't really compare, but I found this one much more interesting then the HBO show.
The way the returned act in this show is creepy and foreshadowing (possibly) of what is to come. Really creeps you out at times. There is one in particular.
.. Ok so I watched the 1st 2 episodes ... ( 2nd On Demand) ...
It wasn't "bad", & I'll give this show a shot but here is my major criticism:
Seems like when these people returned, everybody that saw them had, what, a collective brain fart, & no one called any doctor, cop, hospital or authority ... ??
You had a mother, then a Father, "Psycologist", Cop, Doctor woman ect ..
Not one of these otherwise rational types even had the rational thought that the original mangled girl's body had to have somehow been misidentified, & she therefore was actually abducted, or lost or whatever ...
Nobody wanted to tell any authorities in the town that there was a survivor & might be more .. or at least get a DNA test in case there was a weird identity copy/switch ??
The rational Doctor woman would rather hide an unknown creepy child in her home, instead of getting him help at a hospital, child services or police??
I could understand perhaps 1 of these adults acting irrational, but all of them??