5 Things The Walking Dead Season 5 Needs To Do To Maintain Momentum
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Keep Developing Characters
Season 4 of The Walking Dead did a number of things well, or at least much better than it has in the past. Chief among these was that it developed the characters more than ever before, especially over the course of the second half. So many characters that had been stagnant grew and changed exponentially, and this is something that needs to continue as the show finally begins to live up to its potential. Rick (Andrew Lincoln) is finally becoming the character fans of the comics know he can be; Beth (Emily Kinney) transformed from an annoying kid sister into an interesting human being in her own right, one with feeling and thoughts and emotions and all the complexities that make up an actual person; and then there’s Michonne (Danai Gurira). She’s been a functional mute for most of the time we’ve known her, as if glaring and never saying a word, even when it could prevent bloodshed, gave her personality. After the annual mid-season hiatus, however, she’s also well on her way to becoming a well-rounded character. W saw that stone-faced façade crack and it was profoundly moving, like the moment where she breaks down when she finally finds Rick and Carl (Chandler Riggs). The old adage is that still waters run deep, but you still have to show something, anything, in order to illustrate that.
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