The Walking Dead: Season 1 (2010)

It's a good thing I started watching this at the start of season 2, because if I thought this was what was on offer, I wouldn't have kept going, Whilst I’ll admit that season 1 was pretty decent, I was sort of expecting more. Trying to latch a viewer whole heartedly in only 6 episodes is hard work, of course, but there still could probably have been more done. A little bit closer to the comics in some areas mightn’t have gone astray, and the entire last episode felt rather unpleasantly forced. I can also appreciate that there needs to be a dynamic in the characters, you can’t like them all or the whole thing becomes unbelievable and boring. But when I found myself appreciating the red neck douchebag the most who’s only in the thing for one episode the most, maybe you have too many annoying characters. I’ve already caught half of season 2, so I suppose in some ways I am comparing this to that, which is unfair, but I felt that the zombies later on give of this real sense of foreboding, that maybe everyone running around was actually afraid of them. Season 1 on the other hand, has a single jump scare where they kill off an abusive husband. Yeah, devastating, I really felt that loss AMC. First seasons are usually not the best, and with only six episodes, it’s harder to split the differences and find a bunch of really great stuff. No actors, no characters, no storyline and no individual episode really jumped out at me and had serious staying power. However, what The Walking Dead most certainly does have going for it from the starting line, is special effects. The zombies in this program are literally some of, if not the best, that I have ever seen. Legless-crawlin’-type-lady was particularly brilliant. It wasn’t enough to bring the show up to my echelon of favourites or anything, but goddamn do their makeup department ever deserve some props!