[Aragorn]

Didn't really want to quote anyone above, but the walkers are a main story point that is not always in the forefront of each episode. The way the survivors deal with living in this universe is dictated by the walkers. That is where the drama comes from. How each character survives and interacts with other survivors is the other main story point. The walkers have a set pattern of how they exist and interact in this universe. The survivors (Rick's crew) have, for the most part, figured out how to deal with walkers to survive. Now the walkers influence the survivors actions, but for the most part have become a secondary issue for survival.

The drama has always been provided by how the survivors deal with each other. Shane and Rick in season one. Herschel and the Farm in season two. The Governor, Woodbury and the Jail. Terminus. All of these places take the survivors to different places where people have treated each other differently. Herschel wanted a utopia where there were no guns and walkers were herded to eventually be "cured." The Governor wanted control. The termites at Terminus wanted a "Donner Party" type atmosphere. Each place has delved into ways that people would deal with this reality. Alexandria is the latest place Rick's crew have ventured.

This is a set of stories about how this reality changes people.