THE WALKING DEAD

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THE WALKING DEAD 2×08: "NEBRASKA"

Though the first forty minutes of "Nebraska" just offered us more of the same, the last ten minutes felt like a breath of fresh air blasting through the lingering stench of burning corpses and stagnant dialogue.

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THE WALKING DEAD 2×07: "PRETTY MUCH DEAD ALREADY"

Season 2.1 of The Walking Dead has all been leading up to this moment, making it just one long shaggy dog story: a padded, drawn-out set up for a staggeringly cruel—and thematically essential—punchline. And it was almost worth it.

TELEVISION

THE WALKING DEAD 2×03: "SAVE THE LAST ONE"

I don't want to sound too much like a college sophomore trying to get laid here, but it's amusing me this week to think of The Walking Dead as a modern, ultra-violent version of Albert Camus' 1948 existentialist novel The Plague.

TELEVISION

THE WALKING DEAD 2×02: "BLOODLETTING"

Am I asking too much? Is The Walking Dead really just well-made zombie porn, and should I just give up on anything resembling plot or character development?