The Walking Dead Season 4: 5 Things That Should Not Happen Next

5. Early Reunions

Despite the title, The Walking Dead is much more about humans than it is zombies. Some, like Shane, devolve into the basic instincts of survival at all cost; others, like Daryl, rise above who they were and become indispensable. Some try to cling to the ways of the old world and lose themselves in the process; others belatedly learn the virtue of birth control in the zombie apocalypse. People who never would have crossed paths before the fall of civilization become great friends, and it is these relationships that truly drive the show. So, when the prison family is viciously torn apart, it's fairly devastating. We need only one look at Rick's battered face and Carl's red eyes for those of us with souls to want them all to reunite as soon as possible. Unfortunately for we softhearted viewers, however, a swift reunion is probably the worst thing that the show could do in the second half of the season. As is, we need some desperation and desolation on our screens to make the show halfway interesting. We may love some of them together, but right now, we need them to be miserable and apart. Any sort of happiness cannot come too closely on the heels of "Too Far Gone" without negating its great losses. We need to feel Hershel's death, and we need to feel the loss of the prison. Also, the dynamics of the new groups have too much potential to waste. Granted, there's nothing groundbreaking about Michonne on her own or Rick and Carl off together, but the odd coupling of caretaker Beth and squirrel-eatin' Daryl? The hodgepodge mix of mourning Maggie, sickly Sasha, and...Bob? Tyreese and a band of feral children? As awful it is will be for them, life on the run will clearly be a refreshing reboot for viewers, and avoiding the complacency of life as a group would be pretty darn interesting.