This is quite simply one of the best TV shows ever. This show is marvelously and tightly plotted, but it is not about "zombies". The plot is about relationships - the relationship between Rick and Ren that led to the implosion of Ren's family and a direct line to his sister's involvement in the HVF. In the third episode of the first season, the conversation between Ren and his mom in the cave made me sob. Mascara streaks and pausing the show for twenty minutes. "I would love you if you came back as a goldfish." As tight as the story is, the suspense in season two is just as fun as the plot begins to blossom.
Some of the plot lines: the ideas of love and life, acceptance, sexuality, suicide, government policies, slang and labels, popularity and what we will do to fit in versus individuality, equal rights, our idea of sickness and disease, familial relationships and roles, parents' dreams and ideas for their children, history and the way it is taught in the formal education system, religion and the belief systems that are insidious in small villages, radicalism in many forms, self-delusions,alternative medicine, immigration issues. It is all amazingly well captured in this little drama.
I have NEVER given a TV show a 10 before and I hope that I do get to see another 10 star show in my lifetime. This show is much better than Walking Dead (which I also love). Re-integration instead of apocalypse. You can't look away or you will miss the relationships between all the people in the storyline. Watch it more than once to catch all the amazing s*** in the background. I love this show.
Some of the plot lines: the ideas of love and life, acceptance, sexuality, suicide, government policies, slang and labels, popularity and what we will do to fit in versus individuality, equal rights, our idea of sickness and disease, familial relationships and roles, parents' dreams and ideas for their children, history and the way it is taught in the formal education system, religion and the belief systems that are insidious in small villages, radicalism in many forms, self-delusions,alternative medicine, immigration issues. It is all amazingly well captured in this little drama.
I have NEVER given a TV show a 10 before and I hope that I do get to see another 10 star show in my lifetime. This show is much better than Walking Dead (which I also love). Re-integration instead of apocalypse. You can't look away or you will miss the relationships between all the people in the storyline. Watch it more than once to catch all the amazing s*** in the background. I love this show.