Will these lot ever catch a break? Probably not, since the last time they did - hanging out on Hershel's farm on season two, and not doing a whole lot else - was probably the worst The Walking Dead has ever been. Since the group of survivors lead by Andrew Lincoln's Frank Grimes hot footed it across the way to The Governor's confines, however, things started to get a lot more interesting. On a human, empathetic level, there's a part of the audience of The Walking Dead that probably wishes the characters well, hopes that everything will work out in the end; then there's the selfish part that realises that would mean the end of the show, and is so secretly rooting for all manner of awful things to befall them. Walkers or otherwise. From the looks of it, season five (wow, already?) is going to deliver on that latter wish, with trailers for the October 12 premiere picking up exactly where the last episode left off. The teasers give a vague idea of what's going to happen - arguments, walkers, Glenn and Daryl tied to chairs, namely - but what might happen isn't important. There's all sorts of rumour mills doing that busy work. What's important is what the fans want to happen, what audiences need to see on screen to keep them on board with the increasingly bleak adventures of the zombie survivors support group. From character dynamics to long-awaited reveals, from finale expectations to looking ahead to the future (if there even is one) (there is, a sixth season just got greenlit), here are ten things that need to happen in season five of The Walking Dead.
Tom Baker is the Comics Editor at WhatCulture! He's heard all the Doctor Who jokes, but not many about Randall and Hopkirk. He also blogs at http://communibearsilostate.wordpress.com/
