Ever since The Walking Dead's first season there has been increasing irritation with the show. It can be as frustrating as it can be fantastic, and for every high point there's a low. For every fantastic moment there's at least one, if not several, scenes that leave you scratching your head, wondering just what the point was. Spending most of an entire season sitting at a farm, doing little if anything to move plotlines and character development forward? Thanks, but no thanks. Uneven characters? A complete lack of believable female characters? Just how confusing are women to the show's writers, anyhow? At least the show has, for now, managed to walk a fine line between Andrew Lincoln's Rick being disturbed/on edge, and downright unlikeable. If (when) that line is ever crossed, then the show will really be in trouble. But even skirting on the right side of that divide, there have been few top television dramas that have been so frustrating for its own fans. It's still endearing enough that you cannot help wanting it to succeed, it's just as the show gets longer in the tooth, the signs of decay are more obvious. Much like the geeks themselves. With that in mind, perhaps it is time for the show to end. The next season will be its sixth, and beyond that, maybe it would be more humane to simply take the show out to the woods and quietly shoot it in the head. You know, before the infection spreads too far.
10. Too Many Showrunners Spoil The Broth
The Walking Dead has had a revolving door of showrunners over the five (soon to be six) seasons it has been on the air, and the change in tone between one showrunner to the next has been both a distraction for fans, and a hindrance to the quality of the show. Look at the disaster that was the second season as a case in point. Arguably the first season stands alone in terms of quality, and the presence of Frank Darabont has been sorely missed ever since. Glen Mazzara stepped in after Darabont left over a budget dispute, and his tenure was an unmitigated disaster. The show has righted ship under Scott M. Gimple, but another change could be the death knell.
Primarily covering the sport of MMA from Ontario, Canada, Jay Anderson has been writing for various publications covering sports, technology, and pop culture since 2001. Jay holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Guelph, and a Certificate in Leadership Skills from Humber College.
