The Walking Dead- AMC

The Gist

The Walking Dead
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Rick is an average guy just like everyone else in the world.  He a wife, Laurie, a son, Carl, and a best friend, Shane, who along with Rick is a local police officer.  One day Rick and Shane get a call about a hit and run and so they head off in their cruiser to respond.  When they arrive the criminals start shooting at the officers and in the line of fire Rick is shot and rushed to the hospital.  When Rick wakes up he notices that his room hasn't been tended to in a long time.  He tries to call the nurse but no one answers.  When he finds a way out of his room everything is destroyed and blood is everywhere.  He walks around and sees a door marked "Do not open. Dead inside." which is written in blood.  Once he successful gets out of the hospital Rick learns that the world has been over run with a disease that turns people into "walkers" or the living dead.  Now Rick has vowed to find his wife and son in this world of hopelessness. 


What We Think
Reviewed by The North Star
Number of Seasons: 2 
Ever since this show started I had been hearing about how good it was.  I read about it in every magazine at the stores and even heard my friends talking about how good it was.  The final straw for me was when the season 2 finale premiered and it was on the cover of Entertainment Weekly and the basically the whole issue was about this show.  At that point I decided that I was going to watch this show no matter what.  Luckily, the show was on Netflix and so I asked my mom and sister if they wanted to watch with me and they were glad to.  After the first episode I was completely hooked and wanted to sit on my couch for 24 hours just watching all the other episodes in a row.  I was skeptical of this show because of all the good ratings but it lived up if not exceeded the things that I had heard about.  Everything from start to finish is perfect.
First off, the characters/the script.  This show is actually based off of a graphic novel series originally written by Robert Kirkman. From what I hear, the comic books series is very different from the TV show, so if you have read the comics then you can still watch the TV show without anything being ruined.  The script for the TV show is brillant.  Every episode is interesting from beginning to end and keeps you rapped up in the characters the whole time and it is nearly impossible to tear your eyes away from the screen.  Each character is developed so much (with the exception of a few) and it feels like you really know them and everyone I have talked to has been able to connect with a couple of the characters, but different traits from each.  That fact that this show portrays characters that could be actual people in real life is rare because most TV shows now-a-days just portray characters for the audience to fantasize about but in reality would never exist.  I would start talking about my favorite characters *cough*glenn,rick*cough* but I am afraid that I am going to give something away because with this show there are so many twists and turns if you aren't careful it is easy to give away something really big that happens to someone who has never seen the show.  Speaking of twists and turns, one of my favorite things about this show is that at the end of every episode there is a cliff hanger so you want to automatically want to watch the next episode.  I was lucky enough that I was able to watch the next episode because the first two seasons were over but next season I am going to be in trouble!
The next thing about this show is the plot.  One of the reasons that I actually wanted to watch this show was because I had never seen a movie/tv show about zombies, which was surprising because everyone always talks about zombie apocalypses.  Just to warn anyone who doesn't like gore in any way, if you are the least bit grossest out by blood and guts, I strongly suggest that you DO NOT watch this show.  This show is quite graphic but that is realistic, because in a zombie apocalypse things wouldn't be neat and clean.   This show is also very gritty and at points some of the characters are downright evil to one another but that makes sense because the whole world around them has turned into anarchy. It makes sense that people would be rude and harsh because they have been losing people, but everyone still has their moments of kindness.  This is the main reason that I say to watch it, because it is a real result of a zombie apocalypse and I'm not afraid to admit that in the event of a zombie apocalypse I feel a lot more ready now!           
In short, if you are reading this and haven't seen the Walking Dead, you should go and buy/watch it right now because it is totally worth it and you will be demanding season 3 once you finish! 


Real Teen Rating~ A+:  MOST DEFINITELY SHOULD WATCH!