Walking Dead getting dead

For me, The Walking Dead show is dying. The show seems to believe that pretending to kill off its stars is going to keep it interesting. No. It's not. Imo, the "stars" include Darryl, Rick, Michonne, Abraham, Maggie, Glenn, Carol, Eugene, Sasha, Rosita, and maybe Carl.

Killing off Dennise last week, to me wasn't a bad thing. Dennise was not one of the stars. She was a later addition to the cast, and not a strong character. Meaning, she really didn't add much to the story line. But I must say that the way she was killed was unique, well-written and well performed. Maybe it was the best "killing" ever done on television. Maybe. If not the best, then it's up there.

But flirting with killing off any of the other above named characters may well ruin the show. I don't know how many more seasons this show is going to have. Since next week will wrap up the sixth season, it could be on its last leg. Meaning next season might be its last season. I say that because often shows deliberately stop after the seventh season. So next season could be it. But not all shows do that. Some shows just keep on going and going.

But another thing about this show that's bothering me is the captive thing. It's becoming a repeated story line at this point when characters are captured by a group of bad guys. And the plot becomes all about saving them. It's repeatedly happening, so much that it's tiring by now.

One thing I'm still waiting for is some intense "partner" scenes with Rick and Michonne. I want to see the two of them having some adventures where they prove to be the ultimate team. Like Kirk and Spock, James West and Artemus Gordon, Jonathan Steed and Emma Peele. But they're not doing that. Instead, Michonne and Rick are off on separate adventures, and guess what. Michonne is now captured. (Along with Darryl, Glenn, and Rosita.) Sigh.