I'd honestly have no interest in watching this show if all they did was fight off walkers every episode. One of the reasons why I enjoy the show so much is it isn't just about fighting zombies. To me, that would get old real quick. Although I think the pace to the start of this season has been the weakest of the seasons to date I like the fact they're introducing other threats which show how dangerous this world has become. Each season has essentially been about introducing new conflicts of some kind (Season 1 was just surviving; Season 2 was Shane and Season 3 was The Governor). If the walkers were the only threat I don't think the show would be near as good or anywhere near as popular as it's become.
I agree with pretty much everything in this post. Character development is vital. Otherwise, this would be like a video game. I don't mind the threat of this virus, but I don't think the execution of the episodes has been that great.
I can agree with this. Not the best execution, but zombie fighting all the time is a 2hour movie, not a TV show. Also, it would be damn boring if they were perfect at everything, i.e. they lock themselves in a 100% secure location in the prison with a full library/gameroom, solar power/LCD TVs and Netflix, access to a roof garden with every plant they could need for nutrition and health and they made sure the Governor was dead before they locked themselves inside and they have solar powered zombie attractors line up from every side of the prison leading any zombie down the road to Atlanta.