I think this show is another example of a book ruining a movie for me. I loved the comics, and just wanted them to make a televised version of those. The series started out well, but then the plot deviated more and more from where I expected it to go, and the characters were more and more poorly written (Shane wasn't supposed to be bat**** insane, Carl isn't supposed to be retarded, Lori isn't supposed to be an irritating bitch ALL THE TIME), and the lack of a decent budget really showed in season 2 (a show about zombies that only had one or two zombies per episode, they spent waaaaay too much time on the farm doing nothing). I liked the first season, and I really wanted it to keep getting better as the writers matured, but it just went downhill in season 2. I'll probably give season 3 a few episodes to try to draw me back in, but i'm not gonna get my hopes up.