The zombies now are as magical as the white walkers and wights in GoT. Except in that show, at least you can say 'hey, it's magic!' They constantly seem to be rewriting the 'rules' on them. There's no consistency in how they behave and no realism in how they might still be operating or existing. We've seen zombies that are completely rotted out that are still able to walk and bite. Maggie's hand was literally moving through the muscle and flesh of one, and it was still overpowering her. Huh? We've seen single zombies that overpower a person one to one, and groups of zombies that can't seem to have the dexterity or strength to take down a limping man.
So really, the writers will decide who gets bitten and when. There's no point to it. It's become a reverse deux ex machina. An increasingly contrived way to increase tension, or change up the plot. I assume Glenn will survive, even though it makes no sense. It's just a cheap way to increase the tension.
At this point, I'm over it. The thing that still keeps this show interesting and fun, is the human villains. Terminus was really cool, and the Wolves have the promise of being interesting. There's some good acting and storylines, like the Morgan episode, though I generally wouldn't point to this show for great acting. But there's some and when it's shows up, it's really good.
But the zombies, there's no point in debating them anymore, cause there's no rationality or credibility to them anymore. It's just cheap writing at this point. It probably always was, but, it takes a certain amount of examples to show just how cheesy and lazy a plot device they have become.
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