That's one of the things I find so irritating about this show. It can't be cutesy and gritty, it needs to CHOOSE. A gritty show can have sweet moments, but the opposite usually doesn't work well. IMO post-apocalyptic needs to be grim to be believable. The sweetness comes from people caring about each other, fighting for each other, and that sort of thing.
Weaver's daughter was almost a nice touch. I can believe she'd choose to go with her boyfriend, but those kids were kind of pathetically portrayed. They're survivors, which means they should be more alert, but Hal and Ben just snuck right up on them.
OH, and the bug harness assembly line looked horrible. It would have been perfectly fine if they kept that a mystery, especially if they didn't have the budget to make it better. I'd rather find out why they do it, than how they do it.