![]() We watch the weak like Carl and Andrea become strong and sometimes the strong become evil like The Governor. Characters like Michonne have to learn how to forgive themselves and convince themselves they deserve to be loved despite all the blood on their hands. We watch people like Glen, Dale and Maggie attempt to find love in spite of having every reason to be filled with fear, hate and self-loathing. We watch Rick struggle to balance his old moral code with the many necessary evils he has to commit in order to survive and make the world a better place for the ones he holds close. The daily human drama and conflict is more intense than any monster apocalypse could hope to be. Others form alliances in spite of their differences and try to rebuild over the corpse of everything that was lost. They turn on each other and kill each other when they should come together. Even after the world has ended, many people still can't see eye to eye. There's plenty of badass zombie killing action, but the action often takes a back seat to give the characters plenty of times to share their extremely tragic yet endearing stories, grow through mutual suffering and learn to adapt to a world that has left them to die. He has to become a monster to protect his crew or risk being devoured by those who became more monstrous than him and even the walking dead.ĭespite zombies running the world and having the series named after them, what really sets this series apart from the average zombie apocalypse tale is the focus on realism and the daily struggles, flaws and depth of the characters. Rick has no choice but to abandon the ways of law and order that he's upheld as an officer for so long in order to protect the few loved ones he has left. Sometimes you have to be more concerned about who you let into your community so they don't kill you in your sleep and steal everything you once cared about. Humanity is pushed to the brink of destruction, forcing them to embrace their cruel and primal nature in order to survive. In a world where every minute feels like hours, where there's no such thing as law and order, where finding a small meal is a tremendous task, the walking dead are quite possibly the least threatening thing for the survivors to have on their breaking minds. The dead have risen from their graves and they prey on the living. Rick quickly has to come to terms with the fact that the world has ended and only a select few survived. After learning that his wife and son have fled to Atlanta from a single survivor and his son, Rick goes on a journey to reunite with his family and search for more survivors. Not only has the world ended, but the dead have learned to walk and to kill without mercy. Shaken, starving and confused, Rick escapes the horror of the abandoned hospital only to be met with something far more terrible. Rick Grimes is a strong-willed deputy who missed the end of the world because he was in a coma for a month after getting shot in the line of duty. After learning that his wife and son have fled to Atlanta from a single survivor and his son, This is a review of the entire series.
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