![]() ![]() This was a good start to the season, and I liked next week’s episode a lot as well. Shane may want to get away, Rick may want to get to Fort Benning, Andrea may want to be dead, but they have too many other problems to deal with first. That said, the performances were all quite good, and the idea of Shane and Andrea running off together – not because of any bond they have, but just because each wants to be rid of the group – could be very interesting.īut on this show, men plan and then zombies lurch, or little girls go missing, or little boys get shot while trying to approach a still deer. It took me a few minutes into Andrea’s argument with Dale to remember that he had guilted her into leaving the CDC with her, for instance, or to orient myself on exactly how Shane and Lori had left things after he drunkenly came onto her. The character work – other than the usual strong fraying-at-all-edges performance by Andrew Lincoln as Rick – was a bit less compelling, but it also wasn’t helped by the long hiatus between the abbreviated first season and this one. Things slowed down a bit after that, but there were a few more gripping zombie engagements, and some promising mysteries established: where did Sophia go? Where is the emergency signal coming from, and is anyone alive on the other end? And who shot Carl? Just expertly assembled, and the slow, quiet nature of it gave us an even better opportunity than usual to admire Greg Nicotero’s makeup work. While horror stories are often defined by motion and noise – lots of people running and screaming – here was one all about silence and stillness, where any kind of big fight against the walkers would have ended in everybody dying. ![]() The 90-minute episode, written by Robert Kirkman, with some parts directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton and others by Ernest Dickerson, did a terrific job of plunging us back into the zombie apocalypse with that long set piece on the highway. But if we define it as a drama that’s executed to the highest possible level within its sub-genre, then “The Walking Dead” has a shot, and a much better one given how well season 2 started out. If we define the idea of a “great drama” of the modern era as one with indelible characters and/or important things to say about society, then “The Walking Dead” is likely never going to qualify for greatness. “The thing is… I could use a little something to help us keep going.” -Rick ![]() I already published my advance review of the season, and I have a few specific thoughts on the premiere coming up just as soon as I keep the sun on my left shoulder… “The Walking Dead” is back for its second season. ![]()
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