It's fascinating to see how the different groups and personalities handle things, as well as the different takes on morality. Talking Dead, which comes on after it, allows the guests to discuss the options the characters had and whether they were right to do certain things.
They touch on a lot of things - a regular illness which killed a lot of people, and a herb they used to combat it while some went off in search of antibiotics at a vet school, trading vs fighting, joining together vs fighting, changing styles of team leadership, one minor character's addiction to alcohol, the importance of ammo, etc.
I think every prepper/survivalist should watch the show.
There are things that will cause some people's heads to explode - such as gas being still useable and seemingly somewhat easy to find. Season 4 (next year) will bring the zombies as a big danger, but seasons 2 and 3 focused on the danger of other bands of survivors.
Rawles' blog feature a guy a month or two ago reporting his surprise at how much his son and his friends loved the show and that it gave him an 'in' to discuss 'system down' issues. And he said that some of the things his son told him about what to do first in certain situations gave him (the father) reason to rethink his strategies!
Thank you for this suggestion. I loved Jericho. I just hope this show does not have me hiding behind my hands too much. I do not like gruesome scenes.