Wednesday, 30 November 2011  THE WALKING DEAD, 2.7 - "Pretty
Much Dead Already"  We may have been given a regular-sized
season order from AMC this year, but fans of The Walking Dead
still have to contend with a mid-season break until February.
Fortunately, "Pretty Much Dead Already" was a welcome return to
season 2's early form, after a batch of farm-set episodes that
started to spin their wheels. I'm a firm believer that a zombie
story needs to either be ruthlessly restricted (a cabin, a
shopping mall) or a fast-moving "road trip", and The Walking
Dead can't really make up its mind. There's nothing wrong with
spending time in one location (if only for some respite), but
the story has to keep moving in an interesting way, and this
season's stopover at the Hershel farm should have had some fat
trimmed from its bones.  But never mind all that, because this
mid-season finale was one of the show's best ever instalments.
The character interactions were all strong and
compelling—especially Maggie (Lauren Cohan) try