I heard about The Walking Dead when it was announced as a show on AMC and I never thought twice about. I was never really a HUGE fan of zombie flicks, until now. I watched The Walking Dead Season 1 on Instant Netflix and fell in love with it. Then I found Season 2 and watched it online and I’m now obsessed.
The atmosphere the show has created is one of a kind. It’s realistic, gritty, and of course its gory. The acting is okay to superb. The series is so powerful, but at the same time subtle.
SEASON ONE revolves around Rick Grimes waking up from a coma to a world that has been over run by zombies. Just that concept on its own, is great. It’s interesting to see what this character has to overcome. I like how he has to find out that Atlanta City is owned by the dead now.I love the fact that Ricks best friend, Shane, is now having an affair with his wife now. I was waiting all season to see how that would play out, since Rick does find them.
All the zombies look beautiful and the makeup work is award worthy. All the scenes involving the Walkers are intense and well directed. I think a lot of things are very emotional and it works well with the story.
Final Score: 8.6
SEASON TWO is a fantastic follow up to the first season. The only problem people might have with this season, is that nothing really happens, in terms of locations and new elements to the story. Season two has the remaining group members who escaped from the CDC from the first season. One of their members gets lost and another gets injured right from the start. So the rest of the group must set up shop on a farm, where they meet a whole slew of new characters and problems.
You get much more into each characters personalities, past, and motives during season two. Even with the new characters. Shane is my favorite character and he really shines in this season.
The zombies are still great and there’s way more action in this season. But it still keeps its intense moments and it’s great.
Final Score: 9.2
Series Overall Score: 8.9
So far, this is an awesome series and I’m totally invested in these characters. I think the series has hit every target its aimed at so far. Season 3 looks like it will be the best yet and will expand the universe of the show. It will also add some new characters that are pivotal to the comic books, which should translate over to the show.
Boy oh boy has The Walking Dead taken a turn for the worst. This is an update for this article I posted two years ago! Season 3 is long gone and Season 4 has a handful of episodes left. Let’s get into the reviews.
SEASON Three of The Walking Dead was very anticipated by a lot of people. For some it worked and for others like myself, it fell flat. The Walking Dead completely got caught up in the hype and expectations from fans and delivered a very mediocre season.
Season 3 starts off very strong, but quickly goes down a dark path of boredom. The Governor and Michonne were great additions to the cast. The death of Lorie was meaningful and impact-full, but lingered on to long. Rick and the Governors face off was underwhelming and was a long time coming. As was Andrea’s death. The most hated character on television in recent memory, hung around right to the end. For me spending the whole season in the jail was very boring and a dumb decision. And the fact that they are still there going into season four, makes my brain hurt.
Final Score: 5.9
Speaking of Season 4, as the time of me writing this, there are three episodes left. I will update the review after the final episodes air. But for right now let’s get into most of Season 4.
Season 4 starts back at the prison. Rick and his group have taken in the remainder of the Governors people and they all are living comfortably in the jail. Nothing really big happens in the first 8 episodes of season 4. It actually stands as one of the most boring 8 hours of t.v. I have ever watched. The only thing worth noting is Carol was sent away by Rick, which wan’t even shocking. I personally had no connection to Carol and don’t see her as a character worth sticking around. Then of course the return of the Governor. The episodes revolving around him were interesting to a point and were the highlights of the first half of the season. His eventual rally of survivors and attack on the jail felt very rushed. Hershel’s death while sad, felt like something to be shocking, which really wasn’t. Also the Governors death felt wrong. As a character I enjoyed to see, I’m sad to see him go, but after the episode ended I never thought twice about it.
Final Score: 6.1
Now for the first five episodes of the second half of season 4.
Wow! What a step up from the first 8 episodes of season 4 and all of season 3! It’s almost like watching a new show. All are characters are split up into groups. Michonne goes through a crisis but pulls through and Carl learns how to survive for himself. I think the show writers missed out on a huge opportunity to kill off Rick. It would of actually been shocking and changed a lot of things for the show.
Daryl and Beth are getting some quality time together and I really like the relationship they are building. When Beth get’s kidnapped, Daryl shows true emotion which is awesome.
Tyreese and those three girls don’t really get much screen time, but they meet back up with Carol. No big surprise there.
Maggie, Bob, and Sasha are primarily searching for Glenn and/or other survivors of the group. Nothing that extraordinary going on there.
The biggest thing and most interesting story arc right now involve Glenn. Glenn is of course looking for Maggie, but it’s who he meets on his way. Glenn runs into Abraham and a group of survivors, along with a doctor claiming he knows a cure for the zombie outbreak. This is HUGE news and is very enticing. Sadly they have really been limited on screen time so far. Abraham vowed to Glenn that they would help find Maggie, then after they will all head to Washington D.C.
All the other survivors are heading towards a refugee. All have seen signs pointing to a place called Terminus.
