SnotBubbles;961738 wrote:It was the second "filler" episode in 3 weeks. And it's bull****. Last season, every episode was jam packed. This season, every episode so far could be combined into 1, one hour show. I'm beginning to wonder if they'll ever find Sophia before the season ends....
Hope I'm wrong, but I said last year I didn't know how many seasons they could really drag this out before people lost interest in killing zombies. And that's your explanation - last year they were going for broke hoping to get picked-up, now they have to develop an actual story arc (longer-term), along with non-repetitive side plots, and a number of shows to fill.
There are simply elements of the human condition that aren't particularly interesting to watch. Yeah, in the zombie-apocalypse parents still stress over the possibility of losing their child. We get that and it doesn't make for particularly compelling tv.
The sheriff, or main character, and his wife/kids are fairly boring. The interesting guys - Merle and his brother and the deputy - are more complicated, but it's a tough challenge to write because at this point only Merle's brother is sympathetic (i.e. a "bad" guy we can like). I don't know what they're doing with the deputy - are we supposed to hate him, are we supposed to sympathize or understand the decisions he's making? I don't think the writers (or perhaps the actor) have done a good job with the character. We don't want to empathize with him, and I don't find myself "pulling" for him. He's kind of become annoying and irritating.
