“Wildfire”

When I started watching The Walking Dead, I wondered how a story set in a world overrun by zombies could be sustained over the course of the length of a TV series when I had previously seen it truly succeed only in films.  That concern was tempered by my awareness that the Robert Kirkman-penned comic book series that the show was based on was carrying on with critical and fan approval after several years.  Still, I actually needed to see proof from The Walking Dead the TV show that it had plans for the long haul before I could throw in my support without any reservations.  While I had been enthralled by the vision of abandoned cityscapes, I was most stimulated by the developments related to Rick and the gang heading to the Centers for Disease Control.  And then everything changed… I am a sucker for scenes towards the end of an episode that feature completely new settings with hitherto unseen characters and also scenes that feature characters leaving behind mysterious taped confessionals, and I was doubly pleased by the appearance of my old friend Noah Emmerich.  As I know him best as Jim Carrey’s best friend in The Truman Show, I knew he would be perfect as Dr. Edwin Jenner if he were to be someone you would like to trust but would also have some misgivings about.

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