My nephew tricked me. He said this show wasn't depressing. But it is. By a lot. Everyone dies. Which - okay, whatever. But everyone is horrible. Even people that you don't think are horrible, eventually become horrible.
At the end of season 5, Rick & Co eventually find a sanctuary. It's a city that they can defend, and they can live in, and maybe be happy. Of course, the architect dies, and the doctor dies, and yes, the doctor was horrible, but how many doctors are going to die? Every doctor we've had on the show has died.
If I knew that things were going to get better eventually, then maybe I could stick it out. If I knew that society would eventually find a way to rebuild, if the virus could eventually be contained, then maybe there'd be hope in that wretched world.
But apparently there's no cure, and there will never be a cure. That sentence is why I put spoilers for everything in the title - because I don't know if that is common knowledge. I certainly didn't know that until I began searching, trying to find a glimmer of light. And without a cure, how will humanity survive? We're all just living this short, dirty, hopeless life where there is no port in the storm. Everyone you meet will prey upon you. And even death is no release. (Unless you shoot yourself in the head. Which quite frankly the show makes look very tempting.)
Season 5 ended (relatively) peacefully. Sure, that doctor guy killed that architect (whose talents will definitely be missed.) But that one guy from season 1 comes back, and he seems cool (I especially like how he said that life is sacred, which is a surprising attitude in this world). But if I were to watch season 6 and beyond, all that peace will be destroyed. Something horrible will happen, and walkers will overrun the city, and Rick & Co will be back to scraping by in the wilderness.
I would rather just stop. Pretend that everything is fine. That Rick & Co settle in their new city, and manage to keep it safe from the walkers. That scientists in France manage to isolate the virus, and even if they can't cure the people living today, they can vaccinate pregnant moms or something. So that every child born will be safe.
I'm just going to pretend that there's a happy ending there. Because I just can't deal with this.
Submitted July 29, 2017 at 11:15PM by sjsyed http://ift.tt/2watXSp
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