Sometimes The Walking Dead can be one of the most exciting shows on television. The first half of season five made good use of the somewhat bloated ensemble by breaking them up and sending them off in different directions, meaning every episode involved some new challenge, a handful of decent-to-great action sequences, and a faster pace than the somewhat torpid show usually managed. At other times, that sloth-like approach can make The Walking Dead borderline unwatchable. Them never quite reached the low point of the second season, where literally nothing of consequence would occur for episodes at a time, but it was still very much forty minutes of television where the show made good on its name. And honestly, it was kind of boring. It made the point about how the relentless march of the undead behind them didn't ever need to catch up, they just needed to wait until the still-living survivors were vulnerable, and the drought angle was interesting. But watching people hike isn't as fun as actual hikes. Even when the hiking buddies are partially-rotting, shambling corpse people. Next week: at least give them working cars. Like the new Hyundai, perhaps?
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