I'm aware this may be an unpopular opinion as The Walking Dead has risen to become one of the top television shows currently running on cable television, but as a lover of Robert Kirkman's comic series, I am sorry to admit that the adaptation is really falling short. Perhaps it's because having read the series, I can envision just how spectacular the show could be, or perhaps it's the steady decline in well written episodes ever since Frank Darabount's forced departure after season one. The lack of strong female leads is certainly a major contributing factor. But either way, The Walking Dead television series simply is not cutting it. It seems as though the average viewer is willing to overlook poorly written scripts and lack of character development as long as they see a few good zombie kills at some point during the episode. This completely takes away from Kirkman's original intention for the series. He has always explained that The Walking Dead is a tale about the survivors, and how they cope in the aftermath of the zombie apocalypse. In fact, Kirkman created the series due to his love of zombie films, but since he always felt curious about what the survivors would do when the movie ended, he started writing The Walking Dead so there would be a long term tale. Zombie apocalypse's don't just end when the movie does, which is why The Walking Dead is currently up to its 105th issue. Now I'm not complaining about the zombie kills, because who doesn't love seeing them? But when the best episodes of the season are the ones with the least amount of dialogue, I think it's safe to say there's an issue.
