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It wasn’t until Season 9 that AMC wised up and brought in Angela Kang who, while far from perfect, breathed new life into the show in Seasons 9 and 10. Clearly he was a competent showrunner during the first couple years, but something snapped by the time Negan swaggered onto the scene, and AMC would have done well to change course before Season 8 began filming. But clearly something went horribly, horribly wrong by Season 7.Īt this point, it might have been wise to replace Gimple (who went on to become a sort of Walking Dead content overseer) with fresh blood. Then Glen Mazzara was promoted for Seasons 2 and 3.Īfter that, Scott Gimple took the reins and remained showrunner for five seasons-4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. Darabont was showrunner for just one season and change. So there’s no perfect argument here when it comes to one showrunner or multiple showrunners over time. It was just starting to get (really) good in Season 3 when he was replaced. I still wish AMC had kept Dave Erickson onboard as the showrunner for Fear The Walking Dead.

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Sometimes it’s great to have one showrunner with a singular vision to lead a TV show from one season to the next. #3 - Not Changing Up The Showrunners Enough It’s the Carol and Daryl show now-even though they quite literally have an upcoming spin-off after all is said and done. Even Michonne took off, abandoning both Judith and her and Rick’s son. Instead, the Grimes are all gone except for Judith. The whole point of this show was to follow Rick and Carl through to the bitter end.

More even than Rick, it’s the story of Carl, who came of age during the apocalypse and who was supposed to go on and become a leader in his own right, recalling his adventures and struggles as he and his father and their group staked out a claim in this brave new world. The story of The Walking Dead is the story of Rick Grimes and his son, Carl. Whatever the case, killing off Carl fundamentally changed what this show was supposed to be about. Who knows? There are plenty of great and plenty of mediocre actors on this show, especially now that its cast has ballooned to such epic proportions (more on that in a moment). Or maybe showrunner Scott Gimple just genuinely didn’t think Chandler Riggs was up to the task. Rick leaving became a lot less of a big deal when Carl was killed off in a desperate bid by AMC to boost ratings and “shock” viewers. In retrospect, I can think of no worse decision in the history of The Walking Dead than removing the man who came up with the TV adaptation in the first place.

Shorter seasons, more quality control, better writing and direction-surely these things would have led to a better quality show overall. Perhaps instead of firing Darabont, AMC should have listened to him.

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Darabont is still facing off against AMC in a $300 million lawsuit which will finally go to trial in 2021. The termination was blamed on “his volatile and disturbing interactions with the staff and talent,” according to AMC’s lawyers. People acted more human-there’s a pretty graphic sex-scene in the opening moments of Episode 2 which made me think about just how sexless this show has become since.ĭarabont was fired during the second season, as he was apparently hard to get along with, and would write curse-laden emails about the incompetence of those around him to AMC. The writing-and especially the dialogue-was a lot better and more realistic. But that’s more of an observation than a critique. The zombies using rocks to break through glass doors. I should do some reviews of the first couple seasons since I’m pretty sure I didn’t start writing those until Season 3. I’ve started re-watching The Walking Dead from the beginning and it’s just crazy how much better the show used to be. This is where things took a real turn for the worse, and it was so early on in the show that I still to this day wonder what would have happened if Darabont had stayed on as showrunner-or if he’d gotten a greenlight from HBO and never turned to AMC to begin with. Frank Darabont and Jon Bernthal Credit: AMC

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