The problem with so many viewers of The Walking Dead is that they can't seem to grasp that it's not about Zombies taking over the world, it's about humanity surviving. It's about the trials and tribulations of this particular group of survivors and their relationships with one another and how the events that have changed their lives affect who they are as people.

Granted the Sophia thing was a little drawn out and they could have sped it up a little bit by cutting a 2 episodes of buildup to move them along to their next major location and plot point.

This is not an "Action" TV series. It's "Drama". If the show was all about killing zombies, then noone would care about the characters when they died. I think that most people collectively let out a gasp when Sophia came out of that barn - why? Because they cared about the little girl, her mother and Karl. This event has changed Karl and her mother for good and we're all going to see this progression.

I'm all for what they've been doing this season and fully expect the next half to be very interesting.