I think this season is arguably better than the first. The show does feel like it was a 12 episode show split into two seasons.

The production value is certainly high, the cinematography is great, and the fight scenes are amazing as always. I think the scenes with the zombies are still the highlights of the show, just because they are so well done. I was surprised about how much I enjoyed the political angle this season. That was one of my complaints about the last season, that I didn’t enjoy the politics as much, but I think it helped that in this season there was more payoff to the things set up in the previous season. The Crown Prince stepping up and inspiring people and looking out for them was great. The question this season was less “wtf are these things” but rather “wtf are we going to do about them,” and seeing our characters try to tackle that question was interesting, and that did involve the political side of the show. So while I felt like there was less zombie fighting this season I still really enjoyed it!

I think the show did a better job of developing the characters this season, though it still feels a little lacking. There was one major relationship focused on and it is good that they chose that one because they had (mildly) developed it in the previous season. It is a bit frustrating because I can see how these characters have potential, and the glimpses of their backstories are interesting, but they still get very little focus. This show is very plot-driven rather than character or relationship driven, which is fine, but perhaps I’m just used to getting a bit more depth about the characters. Perhaps in the third season (if there is one) they’ll be a bit less busy and can get around to exploring the characters a bit more.

The show is certainly well paced and I think the twists in the plot are very good. Nothing feels too predictable but it also doesn’t feel like they’re trying to trick you. There were moments where I was like, “oh no... oh noooo... *gasp* that’s so bad... I can’t believe they did that...” (if you’ve seen the show, you can likely think of several times when that happened). Some of the twists involved the choices that characters made, and that was really interesting (a benefit to not developing your characters means we have no idea what they’re going to do! (Sorry, that’s a joke, I swear)). The ends of each episode are great little cliffhangers, which is a nice little example of how good the editing and/or script is. The cliffhangers at the end of this season did have me rolling my eyes a little, like I frickin should’ve expected they would do that. Though if there isn’t a third season I think the way they ended this season would still be pretty satisfying. Tbh I don’t fully understand why the Crown Prince made the choice he did but oh well.

I pretty much have to give this show a 9/10 because the story is so good, it’s so well made and the zombie scenes are amazing. I would love to give this show a higher rating but the way it’s been rolled out (seemingly split in half, the cliffhangers at the end of each season that are genuinely a bit frustrating) in addition to the fact that the characters feel underdeveloped brings it down a bit.