After the wildly successful first season, Showtime bought out the show completely and cut the budget in half. Either the director or the producer who was in charge had to be let go because they couldn't afford him. They also decided to do 12 episodes instead of 6, on half the budget - so its no surprise that the show is going downhill. The special effects are horrible and now each episode has 30 minutes of feelings and emotions and about 2-4 minutes of actual zombies (lower quality zombies at that).
When I read the Showtime blooper and the head dude left the project, I had a bad feeling that they weren't going to pull it off. After episode 6, I have lost faith and lost interest - I came here for the zombies. Who the hell shifts a post apocalyptic zombie survival show into a drama? Men don't want drama, women do. And if women are going to watch drama they will probably choose zombie-free drama. So who the hell is Showtime trying to appeal to? Whoever is in charge now is going to submarine the series - all the Walking Dead fan boys will soon see you're running out of juice.
Here are my future predictions:
Episode 8 - Morality of Reproduction in Apocalypse, one zombie kill on farm
Episode 9 - Crazy Man Kills Someone else 'to survive' - his morality slips
Episdoe 10 - Farmer daughter pregnant - asian dude dies - emotional grippage
Episode 11 - Gun Girl & Crazy Cop have angry sex more and run away, but baby is crazy cops (more morality issues)
Episdoe 12 - Titanic Moral Cliffhanger, maybe 8-9 minutes of actual zombies, wait 12 months to hear the show is canned.
The End. GLHF Showtime.