It hit lots of beats fans wanted. I just hope Sam (who only directs the pilot this season) didn't shoot his wad out of the gate. After seeing the opening my worries over the 30-minute runtime were killed off. No commercials and I think Bruce (awesome as he is) is better in short doses. We're getting as much actual film time as the trilogy combined in one season.
Note to fans of Evil Dead I or the remake: This is a hybrid of Evil Dead II and Army of Darkness in terms of tone.
I thought the best sequence was the mansion because we had nothing invested in those characters and still you felt a bit of OMG they have no idea what they're in for fear.