I still have it on DVR. Yet to watch it. I don't have high hopes for enjoying it, simply because I started watching the other show first, even though I think TWD has really gone down hill since the end of season 3.
just curious, what about the show do you think is worse since that third season?
I've heard a couple of other people mention that but one person was disappointed that there wasn't more zombies and one person was disappointed in the storyline not following the books more closely.
Personally, I still think it's the best show on television and the human interest part of the storylines has been excellent. I go back to the episode with the 2 young girls with Carol and Tyreke at that house where the older sister kills the younger one thinking she will be ok. that was just deep psychological impact and the resulting decisions on their part with what to do with that girl.
I'd also point to when Noah was allowed to die by that **** from the pacifist group in the revolving door. The drama of the cowardice opposed to the bravery as well as the desperation of the human mind was another really solid piece.
There have definitely been some very good episodes in the last couple of seasons (particularly the "Look at the flowers" episode), but they've been surrounded by so many "filler" episodes that the show itself gets watered down. My inner nerd is coming out here, but it's very similar to Dragonball Z in that there seems to be SOOOO many filler episodes that you just end up losing a lot of interest after awhile.
Another thing that kind of ticked me off about the show was Terminus. They built up to it the entire second half of the fourth season only for it to essentially be a cliffhanger at the end of season 4 and a single episode to start season five. Then they took the opposite route with Alexandria and played it out a bit throughout season five. For me, the cannibal storyline was much more interesting than the pacifist storyline.
I think they should've modeled more off of the Game of Thrones model, or even how they were at the beginning of the show, with fewer episodes. Each season is only 16 episodes, but in all honesty it's so drawn out that it seems like there are 25+ in each season.