The Sprouts scene was definitely a highlight, and it may just be a personal grievance of mine, but I wonder if the show would have been better served to start off with the tone/pacing of Episode 2 and 3, so scenes like that build up the intrigue and mystery, so we're left to marinate and ponder exactly what has happened and what is going on, and then we're slowly drip fed what led to all this and then we get at least two flashback episodes of the actual event near the end of the season.
Rather than having the climax right at the start, where it's already set this emotional hysteria, only for it to immediately drop off a cliff and we're left wanting more, except it drags its feet and the slow moments don't quite hit like they should because the interest for the narrative isn't the same.
I'll definitely let it all play out before making any definitive ruling, but it's just some thoughts about how it's feeling up to this point.