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Anyone hear the news that Frank Darabont had fired the entire writing staff? Gotta say...I think it's probably a good move. I've been pretty bummed by this show, and the last episode didn't do much to change my mind.
Concerning the fifth (IE: penultimate) episode...is anyone else annoyed by the Jim storyline? So, he gets bit and tries to hide it...no problem. I even really dig the fact that he gets caught right away and there isn't some drawn-out plot where the person who discovers the secret wrestles with whether or not to say anything for a few days.
My problem is with the solution: they let him sit there and die slowly. What? He's going to become a zombie! He's one more zombie out there! He could kill someone! It's friggin' ridiculous. I don't even need them to decide they have to kill him, but there needs to be at least one character making this point. There needs to be discussion about it. It's unthinkable that no one would raise this issue.
I kinda like the CDC thing, but even that was strangely paced. The moment that Dr. Jenner hit the wrong button (or whatever it was that happened) and destroyed the samples was supposed to be powerful, but instead I was just trying to figure out what had happened. It would've been a really fantastic moment if and entire episode had been dedicated to him. Instead, it all happens in a flash, when we barely know who he is.
I know I said this before, but for a season this short they either need to a) jam-pack it with revelations or b) tell a much more modest, self-contained story. Instead, they're kind of taking their time with an arc that hasn't been terribly eventful. It's really odd. By all accounts the show was rushed into having a short season so they could get it on the air in time for Halloween, and I really think that's responsible for most of these problems.
The odd thing is I'm definitely going to keep watching, and I'll almost certainly watch the next season, too. The premise and the talent involved are such that there's way too much upside for me to abandon this show...at least not yet. But if the finale isn't far better than the last few episodes, it'll definitely be on notice in season two.