7) Season 2
Where do I start with season 2, or “Rick And The Gang Work On A Farm” as I like to call it.
Certain points of season 2 were detrimentally inexcusable, from including entire episodes which just show our survivors jawing away with Hershel’s clan, botching Shane’s death compared to the comic, and dragging on the search for Sophia longer than necessary. Season 2 also happens to be the biggest offender of inconsistent quality mentioned before, only containing probably two hours of gripping television versus the other eleven or so hours of nothingness. The whole thing just felt like a ho-hum family drama taking place during a zombie apocalypse that apparently ignored a little plot of rural farmland leaving plenty of time for characters to argue about love-triangles, episodes to pass excruciatingly slow, serious life lessons to be learned – hell, at least it gave us plenty of time to learn why we should hate Lori!
Boredom, nothing but absolute boredom was found on the farm. Boredom, bland speeches from Rick to his son, the gang learning to shoot weapons, Shane’s inevitable downfall, Lori’s frustrating emotional rollercoaster, some deaths no one cared about, the before mentioned well-walker, and lots, lots, LOTS of downtime.
I feel like I slept through season 2 honestly. One minute I was watching the CDC explode, the next I’m watching Rick stumble upon the jail – or maybe that’s just how I wish it happened.
