DEAD RISING
CALL IT A RESURRECTION, IF you like…
Just a year ago, The Walking Dead was looking increasingly lifeless. The long-running zombie show was about to lose its star, Andrew Lincoln, and ratings were on a severe decline. Despite the vast hype surrounding the arrival of Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) a couple of seasons previously and the explosive All Out War arc, the critical tide was turning on a series that once seemed unstoppable. Eight seasons is a lot of TV. Perhaps it was finally time to give this walker a shot to the head.
But what a difference 12 months can make… Season nine brought a new showrunner, in the form of veteran Angela Kang. It moved the series forward in time by six years, introduced a genuinely intimidating new foe in the Whisperers, and even began the slow process of credibly rehabilitating Negan. It was the. Now, as enters its tenth season, it faces another key departure, but the mood among the cast and crew is positively buoyant.
