I'm always up for death and despair.
And, while I'm always more than willing to suspend disbelief for a work of fiction, what was a pretty well directed first episode was really ruined by how utterly stupid our protagonist was concerning the countdown timer. Especially seeing as he obviously understood it was a countdown timer when he first played with them.
But, death! Angst! I can overlook an author who I can predict is going to try so hard to deliver faux drama that he/she is unable to realize how such drama contradicts acts within his/her writing for plenty of good 'ol carnage and depression.
