I thought this weeks was very good, although leaving the family behind on the farm made zero sense. If they were going to get infected then it's already happened so there's no harm taking them back to the group. And infected or not an adult and two children alone isn't a safe situation, what happens if the dad and daughter get the flu? The little boy's hardly going to fend for himself? I guess it's that issue of not being able to afford more reccuring characters! Still it was a good story for Max and Patterson...although I kinda got the impression Max Beasley's character was going to be a lot more evil than he 's being so far.
Abby's story was better, and I was actually shocked when the Govt minister shot that woman. Nice to see that we'll be seeing that community again.
And I find the conspiracy bit interesting, though as people say it's not really neccesary. I'm curious as to whether they let the pathogen loose, which seems damn stupid if they don't actually have a vaccine for it!