The Walking Dead

[Foxtrot X-Ray]

I have the feeling this season will disturb me fore than the last four put together.

Majorly creeps me out...

Not saying I'm Out for the season, Just that It'll be... Less fun.

[jellydonut25]

This show is becoming more and more like the WWE of primetime cable television.

Nothing interesting, important, exciting, or story-developing happens for long stretches, until they have their flagship/important shows which are AWESOME but then nothing happens again for a while.

Every season after the first seems to follow a pattern:
Awesome first two to two and a half episodes
Tread water for 4 episodes
Awesome last half of mid-season finale that feels a tad rushed into.
Disappointing mid-season premiere
Tread water for 4 episodes
Awesome final two episodes that leaves us hungry for the next season.

I haven't yet decided if I'm okay with that because the finales and early season premieres totally deliver, or growing tired of it and the knowledge that any episode that falls smack dab in the middle of a run is going to be fairly dull and uneventful

[klen7]

I've been enjoying this season a lot. I think they've been killing it.

[jellydonut25]

[DannyBeane]

Sundays episode was lame. I don't care about the hospital or Beth however I would like more scenes to take place in the city. Scenes taking place in the woods/rundown rural towns are starting to get old.

[klen7]

I think there has been some good story telling taking advantage of the ensemble cast rather than getting the Rick Grimes and Carl show

[jellydonut25]

The Beth episode didn't work for me at all.
Sunday's episode didn't work for me.
And the only part of the Abraham-Eugene episode that worked was Eugene's final reveal.

I liked the lead-up to Terminus because we had a bit more bouncing back and forth from group to group. I'm not a fan of these episodes that just focus in solely on one group and it just ends up feeling like we're treading water. "Something semi-exciting happened at the end...now let's rewind and show you how everything else caught up to this point" It's not a very well edited show, honestly. They just go for chronological, fairly bland story-telling in terms of the way they edit things.

[klen7]

[jellydonut25]

[klen7]

::shrugs:: If you are looking at the show through just the eyes of "the group as a whole" or just through the eyes of Rick/Tyrese/Carl/Michonne then that would be an accurate statement, but each character has their own journey which is the benefit of an ensemble cast. Beth, Carol, Daryl, Maggie + Glenn, Eugene, Abraham + Rosita have all had stories unfolding this season since the church.

[jellydonut25]

I almost WHOLEHEARTEDLY disagree.

Glenn & Maggie? They're just along for a ride. They've actually been SUSPICIOUSLY absent.
Carol & Daryl? They're basically just doing what they've been doing since the beginning of the season. They've not advanced their story at all, really.
Abraham & Rosita? I didn't even know her name was Rosita. We did get a little background on Abraham, but it didn't really fill in many blanks that we couldn't have more or less pieced together in some way ourselves.
Eugene, I'll give you as I've said, it's the only thing that's happened in the past several episodes that feels like it's going to push the plot forward at all...which is ironic because it's actually something that will give the whole thing pause and make it come to a standstill as there's no real mission or goal in mind anymore.

[klen7]

I thought the big finale twist was the low point of the season. It didn't really make sense to me.



Also there is a post credit scene which i would have missed if it hadn't been for the dumb luck of leaving the television on after the episode was over.

[jellydonut25]

Previews from February didn't look too promising, honestly...looks like they don't know where to go with the series at the moment.

[klen7]

[klen7]

Caught up on this past week's episode.... Probably the most miserable episode so far by a good amount...all for a punchline? and heavy handed symbolism in the form of 3 different deus ex machinas in the last 15 minutes...
Well let's hope the writers got that out of their system..

[jellydonut25]

[klen7]

These past three episodes have me wondering what is going on in the writer's room.. i have come away from 3 "major" events scratching my head as to how they even make any sort of narrative sense.

Right now i don't think there are any major storylines... i kind of thought last week that they would run into another group of rogues (based on some background graffiti warning about "the wolves" and some strangely carved up zombies) but instead we head off into the wilderness for
... i seriously thought it must be a dream sequence... but nope.

[jellydonut25]

This show sucks now.

I watched the first ten minutes of this week's episode and said, "Yep, yeah...okay...they lived happily ever after, screw this."

[Jared]

[jellydonut25]

That's not a fair assessment. I've certainly soured on Walking Dead, but were I to go back and re-watch season 1 I'd probably love it still.

[klen7]

I think you could levy the "soap opera" argument at any ongoing drama. Even shows like Twin Peaks or Battlestar Galactica fit that bill. Really the only dramas that escape this are limited series like mini series or things with predefined arcs (True Detective). Even BB slipped into drama for drama's sake in a couple seasons.

[klen7]

that was possibly the most disgusting death scene i have ever seen. very upsetting.

[DannyBeane]

[jellydonut25]

I'm not watching anymore. Not even if The Rock is on.

Now, bearing in mind that I am not watching, this feels like what the show and wrestling have been doing for a while : suck most of the time but be good around important times. The season is drawing to a close so it's gotta be good for a couple episodes to trick you into watching next season

[klen7]

I think we may be headed into what i thought they were headed into earlier in the season... but maybe they'll save that for next season... though a 90 minute finale might be able squeeze in a lot.
At this point its past where i have read in the comics, so i have no idea.