Pity the scenery is in the background

I watched the first 3 episodes of this show with mounting disappointment, the makers had a wild and beautiful area that is unknown to most of the world,what an opportunity to put it on show, and all we get is some rather pathetic attempts to show the people along the tracks.

most of them are quoting a script with phoney words in an attempt to show how "tough" they are,... trapped parents without a generator,... freight train catching up to the snow plow.
oh woe is me!
baloney !