Finally caught up fully and just finished watching episode 3 of the new season.
I think it's alright, nothing more, nothing less. Really didn't enjoy the first season but the second I think has seen a bit of a jump in quality though which is a good sign.
I'm a massive Walking Dead fan, even all the recent seasons that some have been shitting on so I was always going to watch this and it's decent enough that I'll keep watching for now and hope that it improves.
The main problem at the moment is awful characters. They are only 8 episodes in so they don't need a concrete storyline at the moment, it's the start of the outbreak and they are trying to survive and learn some basic survival skills. I have no issue with this basic storyline at the moment.
The trouble with this as I alluded to is the characters. With such a simple storyline premise, the opening 12 episodes or so should be about establishing interesting characters and interesting stories and dynamics and that is where the show has struggled so far.
The core group of 8 characters has around half that get pass marks for me (just). Strand and Nick have had a little bit of time to show development and are probably the two most interesting so far. Possible pass marks to Madison and Alicia (although being fit will only get her so far).
The other 4 characters are woeful with Travis being the pick of the pile. Assuming he is meant to be our leading man, he is an absolute wet blanket. An utter pussy of a character. Now that would be fine if he was intentionally meant to be a mess but I don't think that is how they are trying to portray him which makes him unlikeable, unrelateable and boring. His son Chris has shown nothing than being the stubborn angsty teen that we have seen a million times. Daniel is so meh and screams like they are trying to make him the cool older no nonsense guy and his daughter Ofelia is the most non existent character on the show.
It's not unsalvageable by a long shot. The nature of the show dictates that we will see new characters introduced and original members killed off (hopefully) so there is plenty opportunity for them to shake things up and get rid of the dross. If they do that and introduce a solid storyline going forward then it could be decent. At the moment it's 'alright'