Oh come on, those aren't spoilers. The main character returning, that's as big of a spoiler as saying people get shot, shit gets blown up, aliens are acting weird, and the Mason family has trust issues
Besides, I did warn them
Anyway, what I was pointing out was that (slight spoilers ahead) the 1000km trip from Michigan to Boston was rather uneventful, and Mason finding the group 300km further was just way to easy. If it were up to me, I wouldn't have let him return until the end of the second episode at the earliest. There are so many interesting things that could have happened during that journey. Hell, even the fact that he found no-one else alive, maybe not even aliens, could be interesting if done right. Just seems a bit lazy now, the only event being him finding the girl with the bike.
Oh, and I thought Weaver's complaining about not having heard from any of the other groups was a bit silly when he's in the next state and moving further away from Boston..