Are they even trying anymore?

I think they're just trying to limp across the line to get enough episodes to syndicate although for the life of me I can't imagine why. The series has never been strong enough to rewatch the earlier seasons except maybe to pinpoint exactly when they went off the rails (hint: it was at Nick's first appearance). Syndication probably means relegation to the midnight to 6 am time slots.

I will say this: the actor playing the trucker guy trapped in the car nailed that performance. From his expressions to the inflection in his voice he WAS that character. I know he didn't get much screen time but he acted circles around the main cast. My guess is the writers simply told him his part was a guy trapped in a car and was going to die and he took it from there. I say that because had the writers written a script for him his character would have been completely unrealistic and forgettable.

/If you aren't going to try, why bother each week?/

Good question. I feel like they just have given up. This season has been atrocious and it seems like they are just killing time until some of these useless characters join the main show and this garbage is put out of its missery.

The season has been terrible. The Crazy Lady is just F@cking stupid. And how do these people, who have survived for years (at this point) in the Zombie Apocalypse let their guard down to the point where they are blindsided by an old lady with a zombie on a stick. They would be armed, alert and skeptical of any unknown.

Season 4 actually started off decently with interesting characters like John Dorie and even Al. But now each episode gets worse, and even Al has become irritating with her obsession with "stories". At this point, where things are slow already, might as well reveal now [i]why/i] the video tapes are so important to you. Seems like they're saving a poignant reveal for the finale. Will Al bite the dust?