This show is bloody terrible, but I can't stop watching it because I'm fascinated with the apocalypse genre and I'm holding out that it might actually get good someday.
I say the show is terrible because of the continuous stupidity in which the characters engage themselves. It also disturbs me that ethical decision making seems to be lost by pretty much all the characters. Take Season 2 (I think) for example, when they rescued that kid who belonged to the other group who had impaled himself on the fence post: instead of integrating him into the group (after all, they just saved his life which would have undoubtedly bought them some loyalty) they decided to keep him hostage in the barn and torture him for "information." Stupid and reckless. They basically set it up so that they COULDN'T integrate him because of how bad they treated him.
I'm probably a little hard on the show because I'm a military professional and the tactical decisions they make make me squirm in my seat. But seriously, have they no military advisors on the production staff?
Who is your favourite character and why?
I suppose my favorite character NOW is Daryl, although I would have shot him dead in Season 2 when he walked back onto the farm wearing a necklace made of Zombie ears. If your moral compass is so skewed that wearing human remains as trophies is acceptable, you're a danger to civilization and can't be trusted. With that said, Daryl seems to have changed for the better in subsequent seasons. I supposed you can get away with that on TV but that's not happening in real life.
who is your least favourite?
Rick. He's a really bad leader. He's impulsive, emotional, and he makes really stupid decisions.
Example: last night's episode - they just lost the prison and the entire group was split up because they didn't have a link up plan in case they were pushed off the prison (primary and alternate rendezvous plan, anyone?) and he STILL thinks it's a good idea to split up and allow Carl and Michonne to go shopping for groceries AND letting Carl take his pistol with him. THEN Carl leaves the door open (more stupidity) and the house is invaded by bandits. No defense. No link up plan. Another potential catestrophic outcome due to a failure in leadership. Pathetic.
Who do you want to see zombified this season?
Please bite Rick and get him off the show. Bring in a stable, disciplined leader and TAKE BACK THE PRISON. So there's a few zombies in there. It's not like they're hard to kill. The only better place than a prison with a fence around it is a prison with walls around it. Retake the prison, repair the fence, then recon for a prison with walls and move to that in the future if you can't keep the fence intact.
