“The fantasy of the end of the world only succeeds as a fantasy (or even as a horror story, if that’s what The Walking Dead is) if it offers an outcome more elevated than the one we have right now. Right now, though, The Walking Dead might be set in the zombie apocalypse but it’s basically about going to a meaningless job (the job in this case is “surviving”) every day till you can’t stand it any more, and then keeping on going cuz you have a family to support (the “family” is Rick’s gang, as the show can’t help but remind us every ten seconds), and then being confronted by the inevitability of mortality (Negan, the Governor, you name it) and trying to find some meaning again anyway (the family, guys! the family!) and failing (Glenn’s head being beaten to mush in front of his pregnant wife). Because guess what: that’s actually it.”
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