A few thoughts:
Definitely overstuffed and confusing, but that’s usually par for the course with many pilots
Unlike some, I actually liked the “How Will I Live” performance as a good emotional moment in the show
Trace Adkins was pretty wooden
I don’t exactly care for certain choices Sarandon made outside of acting, but I like her acting and I thought she held the center pretty well. So to kill her off in the pilot seems dumb to me if she’ll only be in a few episodes this season since I don’t see any of the other characters being able to be the anchor of this show