Fight the Dead - Fear the Living...

Sharpen your blades and grab the spare ammo, The Walking Dead are back!!!

Sunday night sees the 3^rd season premiere of the most successful ratings juggernaut in AMC history.

To avoid any possible ambiguity, be served notice that I consider The Walking Dead to be one of the best shows anywhere on TV these days. If you’ve missed this series due to its extreme horror, you’ve been missing some amazing series television. The direction and cast is as good as you’re going to find anywhere – feature film quality. The writing is thoughtful and the world they’ve created is realistic and disturbing. Most importantly, the show never forgets to put character front-and-center. Some folks complained that the action in season 2 wasn’t sufficient, that too much time was spent on Herschel’s farm. That there was too much “talking.” Sorry about your whole short attention span problem – maybe drama isn’t for you – you missed some phenomenal acting and directing. It was a fantastic – and frankly, action-packed season that pulled no punches.

With the arrival of season 3, we’re finally getting to some of the most infamous parts of the story from the comics – the group’s attempt to set up living quarters in a derelict prison, the introduction of fan favorite character Michonne, and The Governor – the less said about him, the better. As fans of the comic know, the show has frequently taken some very different turns from events and plot points from what we might have remembered reading. It does sound like the depiction of The Governor may be one of those cases –  

but I'm going in with a very open mind. Given what they’ve managed to achieve on this show so far, the showrunners have earned the benefit of the doubt here and I can’t wait to see what they came up with.

The Walking Dead belongs on the same shelf with Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Sons of Anarchy and Homeland. If you haven’t watched it yet, seasons 1 & 2 are out on disc and you should really check them out – season 3 promises to bring lots of new faces into the arena and looks to be the series most exciting season yet!