I would also like the actor playing Rick to stop coming across as so ridiculously weak as well, but his character and his lines have been so poorly written lately that I'm giving him a pass for the weak delivery/acting. Someone needs to tell him that it's possible to pull off the conflicted leader routine, riddled with self-doubt, and still manage it without coming across as having zero leadership qualities. This actor isn't doing it right...
		
		
	 
 
 The worst example of this, by far IMO, was when he and Shane got back to the farm after their discussion in the woods.  He 
immediately spills his guts to his wife about "Shane said..."  It was like a 5 year old running home from school to tell his mother that a classmate said something mean to him.  Pathetic.
In addition, I have absolutely no idea where, when, or why leadership was passed from Shane to Rick once Rick showed up on the scene.  Shane seems like a much stronger leader, and I have no idea why the rest of the clan would suddenly fall in behind Rick.