The Walking Dead’s Unanswered Apocalypse: How Zombies Overran the World
Instead of depicting the actual fall of society as it happens, The Walking Dead jumps directly to the outcome. This narrative approach certainly adds suspense, but it also underscores one of the main challenges in zombie stories: the frequent avoidance of explaining precisely how hordes of zombies could conquer modern civilization. In truth, the notion that an undead uprising could subdue military personnel, police, and well-equipped civilians is hard to accept.