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by Thom Yee

Images courtesy of AMC and Fox International Channels.
5×16: “Conquer”
Conventional wisdom would suggest that, as a genre show, there’s a ceiling in terms of how good a show like The Walking Dead could ever be. Even though The Walking Dead explores elements of the human condition like most all art and fiction, a show with zombies in its central premise is, rightly or not, almost always going to be pigeon holed. It could be considered a great horror show or a great action show, it can be recognized for its makeup or effects, but the fact is that, regardless of its quality, most would never include it in the same conversation as its upper-class AMC brethren like Breaking Bad or Mad Men. I’m not going to put The Walking Dead in that same class either, but I will say, unlike those shows, that I didn’t give up on it in the middle, and after this season’s conclusion, I’m glad I didn’t. Continue reading