I think it's more that it lacks direction than that it's slow. Kinda just feels like it's being made up as it goes.

 

The description of FTWD as a "slow-burn" series happened so often during the ramp up to the first season that I think its been drilled into my brain that the series will always have a slower pacing than Bicycle Girl. I really enjoyed it in season one, but season two (especially the first half) was more interested in giving us slow, meandering episodes that suddenly crammed all the action into the final 5-10 minutes. I want to see a more consistently action-oriented Season 3 now that all the main characters are in apocalypse mode, but I'm worried they'll continue the mistakes of season 2 (namely setting up interesting, dramatic stories/characters only to wrap them up abruptly within 1-2 episodes).

I agree with BatmansHooker that it seemed like the showrunners didn't really know where they wanted to move the series beyond "kill off a main character or two because that's what they do in the main series" which is why we see the show just lurching from place to place with no real payoff for the audience. Hopefully they'll spend this time not only planning a coherent s03, but the general future direction of the series as well.

 

I wasn't interested in the series. But, decided to give it a fair shot. I watched season 1, and from the first episode to the last this show was trying to be something it will never become. Just dull...not slow burn

 

I watched eps 1 and 2 of s01 when they aired. I got bored and couldn't get into it. A couple of weeks ago I decided to give it another shot. (I always get a zombie craving fix when TWD comes back and I have to wait each week for a new ep) I started from s01e03. Again, I got bored but I persevered and carried on watching. After a short s01 I figured I may aswell watch s02, which in my opinion picked up a bit better - more walkers, 'surviving' and character building. However, if it wasnt for the fact that I watched an ep everyday, I doubt I would have stuck to the show. There wasn't enough anticipation in each episode to think 'I can't wait for the next one' like it is with TWD. But tbh, I think we've been a bit spoilt by TWD which is probably what's making us feel the way we do about FTWD!