You are wrong. This program is really character-driven.
I am not a zombie genre fan; but, hubby and I were bored one summer evening, and The Walking Dead first season was on Netflix, so we thought we would try it as I had heard good things about it. (When I asked my husband if he wanted to try an episode, he looked at me like I had gone seriously around the bend.) Anyway, after the first episode we were hooked. Good story, good characters. Zombies, yes; blood and guts, yes; but, also a good story and characters you can become attached to and root for.
I don’t get why people come into a thread that is obviously about a tv show and then say they have never seen it and never will. Who cares!
My wife and I love the show and look forward to each one. When we were watching on Netflix, we sometimes watched 3 or 4 in a row. Kinda like we did with 24 when it was on.
I’m amazed that people still think the series is simply a typical zombie gore show. There were a number of episodes in Seasons 1 and 2 where there were only 1 or 2 zombies killed each episode—for example, the episode with the well walker, he was the only zombie killed. And the well walker was more of a character thing too, showing Maggie’s revulsion at the killing of the zombies.
A lot of the time the undead really amount to nothing more than a few dirty people wandering in the background of the story, while the plot and characters are developed in the foregrond.
I am NOT a fan of the zombie genre either but do find the series very compelling. it is more of a post apocalyptic tale and how people work together to get through it.