Couldn't love TWD more! I'm not even a fan of zombie movies nor gore generally, but this show was so well done, the characters so well written, consistent, well developed, the actors delivered an extraordinary performance. :) When Maggie breaks down sobbing gives me the chills!... Every time! I'm not even gonna mention the Atlanta 5 group, I just don't have the time to go into all the details that deserve praise. You know when shows make a 180 degrees turn and switch their target public?... Like "2 and a half men" turning from a men's favourite into a chick flick? That happens with The Walking Dead, too. You get 6 seasons of good regular people developing extraordinary camaraderie over extraordinary circumstances. This group survives through their devotion to each other, along the way died the people who: panicked too soon, were too quick to give up on their partners, too big an ego, too cocky, too aggressive... or had real, real bad luck! Overwhelmed, numbed from the surreal hell in which they landed, they draw desire to keep going from their love of each other. They do unthinkable things to save each other, exceeding their limits again and again. They all wanna just vanish, give up, stop struggling at times... then the group needs them to do their best and they up and go again... and again... and again. And I never could have enough of that. Come season 7 however, the show does a 180* turn and it becomes about something else. ALL of the people in the show that only wanted to stay alive, help each other, with some couples even taking on the great task of having children (in a world without doctors, medicines, internet, where humans are nearly extinct) become enslaved. Everybody, our main group and every other group newly introduced, is entrapped, victimized, randomly BRUTALLY killed by a big group of extorting parasites, led by a supreme psychopath. The whole show becomes about a group of violent a#holes, a chain of frustrating little&big events. There's no dignity, no love, no hope, no meaning left. All of the characters that gave the group strength and structure are targeted and physically or mentally destroyed. Whoever hopes to be allowed to survive needs to unequivocally prove his cruelty and general lack of any basic human treats. It's an endless crawl through pig shite, but without the any bit of the hope and occasional joy of the first 6 seasons. If you watched it and loved it for 6 seasons, you're obviously gonna give a try to the 7th. Definitely not for me, my favourite show ended. Well... Kirkman giveth, Kirkman taketh. Outstanding work for 6 seasons! Going to miss them.
