There are some who would have you believe that The Walking Dead has less of a pulse than the flesh-eating zombies which have overrun the country. You can't deny that the show has gone downhill since the heights it hit earlier in its run. Something has changed. The cocktail of excitement mixed with dread has now been replaced by a sense of stagnation and even boredom. Online, people like to poke fun at some of the show's trivial implausibilities; how does the grass stay perfectly trimmed and why is one-legged Herschel the nominated getaway driver? Sure abnormalities of this nature are good for a cheap laugh but there are irrefutably issues with the show which go deeper than whether or not the grass is a few inches on the short side... The show's lack of direction is in part attributable to its constantly changing showrunner. In four series The Walking Dead has chomped its way through three different showrunners. This lack of a consistent creative focal point is certainly part of the reason the show has gone down the pan in so many ways. Don't get me wrong I'm a huge fan and am willing it to return to its former glory. To do this though, it certainly needs to review and amend some of the issues discussed on this list. Here are the five main reasons The Walking Dead has gone downhill...
Hailing from South East London, Sam Heard is an aspiring writer and recent graduate from the University of Warwick. Sam's favourite things include energy drinks, late nights spent watching the UFC with his girlfriend and annihilating his friends at FIFA.
