Yeah its certainly getting better.
Episode 4 initially annoyed me in terms of how can they do that to a main character and not show it, but from the pov of those on the ground that's exactly how it would've happened in terms of just not coming back. E5 today was pretty brutal and sobering.
Agree with others on this thread that the first two episodes were poor and the third is better. However three episodes in and other than Buck, Bucky and Crosby I couldn't tell you who anyone else is, so the casualties so far haven't meant anything unlike BoB where you knew the characters by the...