How is this show so well received? It's not a bad show but it isn't good either. It's clearly HBO buts like all original programming they make it's nihilism. Most episodes are completely pointless and you could in fact due without them all together and it would have zero outcome on the story itself. Plus, it's zombies. And not like a new interesting take on them. It's just zombies again; like you seen them a million times before but this time with fungus. They still act the same, bites make more zombies, hive mind, etc. It's not interesting. But take that, throw in the plot from Mandolorian and splash of the tone from west world and you got yourself this insanely overrated snooze fest. Guys, sometimes it's not a "slow burn." It's just dull.