The second season of The Walking Dead is probably the most divisive so far, with it causing a lot of strong opinions one way or the other. You either fall into the camp that it was a waste of time, or applaud the pacing of the show and the groundwork it is. Unfortunately, I'm in the former. There's nothing wrong with a show wanting to take time to build its characters, to develop relationships, introduce new people, create interesting and unexpected group dynamics. Season 2 could have done all of that, and it would've been great. Instead it spent 13 episodes with people sitting around at Hershel's farm, generally being a bit miserable, and repeating a bunch of things we already knew about them. There was characterisation insofar as there were characters, and once or twice they might've said something a little interesting. It didn't really have much of a story to tell, really stretching what it did have to breaking point, and while it managed to pull off an exciting season finale, it doesn't really cover up the problems of the preceding twelve episodes. The show has veered dangerously close to this territory a couple of times since (season 4 springs to mind), which once again shows that they don't learn from their mistakes, but can be trusted to use some big explosions to get out of it.
NCTJ-qualified journalist. Most definitely not a racing driver. Drink too much tea; eat too much peanut butter; watch too much TV. Sadly only the latter paying off so far.
A mix of wise-old man in a young man's body with a child-like wonder about him and a great otherworldly sensibility.
