Alicia has come a long way from where she started. Junkie Depp has always been interesting, and Papi & Strand are the most interesting of both shows.
FWD has the much better pacing...people get to their destinations in 1 ep, they can balance story arcs better...possibly because they don't have characters that anyone would want to follow for an entire ep, other that Junkie Depp. I think what FWD also has that makes it better than TWD is that they're not afraid to off anyone that doesn't get a positive response. Annoying hubby, off him, annoying kid off him, annoying GF, off them, annoying henchmen, off them, annoying Top Goon, off him ASAP and take his spot.