The Walking Dead Season Finale Review: Burning Down the House

The second season of The Walking Dead has been filled with ups and downs, the nail bitters and the overly stupid decisions, the characters you care about and the ones you don't, the exciting twists and the contrived cliches, and the pacing and story lines that often stopped and started like a driver who wasn't comfortable handling stick shift.

Maybe the bumpy road had to do with Frank Darabont leaving the series and the changing show runners and dynamics in effect changing the way the season ultimately turned out. Don't get me wrong, when the show was on, it was pulse pounding on, but there was plenty that left me scratching my head and wondering what or even where the story was headed after the complacency of the farm forced the characters into making stupid choices for the sake of creating the danger the show desperately needed. And in turn, the second half of the season garnered a spark that pushed things forward while reigniting interesting confrontation and situations, even if there were times where it still lacked something. Read More...