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  They really ruined Andrea. And yeah the writing was just bad. I never researched why they made some of the changes they made, but they were mostly poorly thought out when they has excellent source material.
context: I wish I could find the audio of the radio show host who got me into The Walking Dead talking about his reaction to the pilot episode back in 2011.
  He singled out the scene where Grimes shoots the zombie girl in the street (not Sophia; this was still S1) as a visually stunning and amazing scene--which it was.
  After years of movies and playing L4D2, I was already burned out of the zombie genre, but when I watched the pilot, I was stunned at how good it was.
  By the episode where Hershel's blonde daughter got kidnapped, I was completely done. I legit couldn't care anymore.
  Tangentially, I often wonder why shows devolve like that: Do the original writers, producers and directors just get bored and move on to other things? And didn't they used to end shows when that happened? I remember there was talk of ending Seinfeld when Larry David said he was quitting the show, and everyone being surprised when the quality kept up as they continued without him. >
  
  I have to agree, for me the thing was a bit in the first episode where he got on a bicycle. That was a big thing because no one thinks about the advantage, bikes will make you faster, they don't need gasoline and are generally easier to hide/store when not in use. I was hoping to see more of that but I think the problem is that it's actually really hard to do constant original things in a genre, there are genuinely good and interesting ideas sprinkled through the series but ther are just...well some things that keep repeating. Every stronghold is breached, safety is transitory because otherwise the story ends. >
  
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  I think the casual fan base dropped off after Negan’s introduction. Like Negan himself was an awesome character but we were just kinda tired at that point >
  
  Exactly when I dropped off. You may be on to something here. >
  
  He killed Glenn. People freaked out over the loss of that main character >
  
  That’s the day I quit. >
  
  Same here. I was just done. >
  
  This is not an unpopular opinion. Most people who have watched the show will agree it started really going downhill around season 5 or so. >
  
  No duh lol everything after season 5 is not even worth watching >
  
  *season 1 >
  
  Come on season 2 and 3 were still watchable >
  
  I was invested until like season 4 or so and being a fan of the comic it felt sort of disrespectful how they altered some things so I ended up dropping both. I’ll probably never know how the story ends lol