I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Good start, but then it gets ruined

Charming and brutal

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

This show was set and primed to last at least 8 or 9 seasons, maybe more, but something happened and now I'll be surprised if it lasts 5. Seasons 1 - 3 had a specific feel to the environment and the series had a nice southwestern tone going for it with some, god forbid, culture. I'm not sure if the entire writing staff from Seasons 1 - 3 was fired or quit or what happened, but this show has completely changed directions as far as cinematography and direction. Oh and almost all the characters they spent several seasons building up are now gone, and not just one or two here or there, they left en masse, and I'm guessing they were able to see the forest for the trees and are abandoning ship well ahead of the inevitable iceberg of cancellation. I honestly cannot fathom why whoever is in charge of FTWD at AMC would purposefully tank this show but that's where it's headed. I happily binge watched the first 3 seasons but I struggled through each episode of Season 4. The flash forwards, backwards, sideways, etc., are horribly directed and just confusing to the point where you either give up or you just keep watching in some vague hope that the series magically resurrects itself. Even if, EVEN IF you somehow manage to figure out the direction and new tones of color and bland, you still have to deal with the idiocy of the survivors who suffer from a widespread case of Deer In The Headlights syndrome. The writers don't even bother to have them try and escape situations by, hmmmm, turning around and running away? Dumb. Frustratingly dumb. Middle schooler level writing dumb. I don't remember it being that bad through the first few seasons but Season 4 has taken the idiocy to a whole new level. This series is now destined to fail whether it's on purpose or not.

There is only one way to cope with the stupidity of the actions that the characters engage in, and that is to be for the dead. The only vague reason for anyone to fear the dead is that the dead both reason better and makes better decisions than the characters. That makes the only real thing left fearing - is that no one can give you the time back spent on this show.

Too much jumping from past to present. Difficult to follow.

Makes more sense that TWD and characters are written more logically. Less stupid decision making and more realistic in thought process.