Mister Ski
Super Freak
The "stupid" decision that sticks out the most in my mind is Chris' decision to just jump in the ocean, fully clothed, for a swim without telling anyone. Sure it can be attributed to the whole teenager "know-it-all" attitude, but still a dumb decision.
I disagree with there not being any standout characters on TWD after 7 episodes. I can only speak for myself, but I was invested in Rick as a character right after episode 1. In episode 1, we get just enough background on Rick (he is married and having a tough time with his wife, he has a son he loves more than anything and he is a sheriff in a small southern town and gets horribly injured in the line of duty) before the zombie apocalypse hits. He then has a mission to reunite with his family once he awakens from his coma. The character development and what drives them is what hooked me into TWD. Daryl was interesting because he had a strong survival instinct and was driven to find out what happened to his brother, Merle. Carol was a non-entity in my book for the first two seasons, but Rick and Daryl characters allowed for other characters to be developed later on. I am sure this will happen with FTWD, but what is missing right now is that one character that the audience can identify with and invest in.
Maybe part of the problem is that Rick was an easier character for viewers to invest in because he was immediately viewed as a "good" guy due to his profession and the fact that he was ripped from the family he loves and has to navigate a new and dangerous world to find them. FTWD doesn't have that one main charactre to initially invest in. Arguably Nick is the one character in episode 1 that the viewers are supposed to invest in and I like him, but not invested in him. His character is a selfish, self-centered junkie - hardly the hero archtype, and he isn't trying to do much of anything but get his next fix.
The other big problem I have with FTWD is that the writers have gone out of their way to isolate the characters from the zombies. In S1 , they were isolated in the fenced in community and now they are off on a yacht. While this makes sense to a certain point that the characters would be trying to get away from the zombies, it also stunts the character's growth/development with respect to how they figure out the new world order and what do they need to do or become in order to survive. I hope the yacht sinks next episode and forces them to land and get these characters engaged in their new environment. I think (hope) all of this is coming up later this season and then this show should really take off. Until that happens, this show is not as enjoyable for me.
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