Thoughts on the Season One Finale of ‘The Walking Dead’

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With each episode, the cast continues to shrink on “The Walking Dead,” with the season one finale trimming the numbers of the group even further.

This element alone gives the show a bigger edge, as the viewer can now get more attached to the characters they “think” have a better chance of surviving. However, at the same time, these characters are being taken on a journey that isn’t nearly as enthralling as the material it’s based on.

Sure, the drama between Laurie and Shane is intriguing, but it was never supposed to go this far. As far as many comic book fans are concerned, Shane is supposed to be dead. The near rape scene between the two was interesting and will lead to some drama, it just leads you to wonder why the writers have chosen to stray so far from the comic.

It’s also understandable that the writers wanted to spice things up with this whole angle with Center for Disease Control, but it comes way too early in the show. The fact that this group knows already that the world is destroyed is a horrible thing.

That hope, that things may be okay and that the government may have a solution, is what guides the comic book series.

It isn’t until later that the group begins to truly change as people and feel the effects of the disaster. Again, while the CDC angle isn’t something out of left field for the series, it just comes at entirely the wrong time.

This won’t affect anyone who hasn’t seen the comic book, who are being completely entertained every Sunday, but it will have long-term effects on the overall future of the show. With all the characters beginning to lose their sanity and hope, there’s nothing to wait for, no slow progression, no microcosm  for humanity.

Instead, you have a great sitcom with some problem in pacing that is trying to be something special.

The problem is, it already was.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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