Did you watch the 2nd season? If you're a fan of the comic, the 2nd season just pisses you off. Plus, they did some dumb crap
like waste multiple episodes looking for Sophia. You could just tell the first part of the series was off. Granted, they did try to makeup for it
with the second half. But still, IMO, the series as a whole suffered.
It's like those great series who have awesome first seasons Dexter comes to mind. But then, you have sophomore slumps, etc.
TWD Season 2 was worse than just having too much expectations from the first season.
But perhaps my extreme dislike is from being a avid comic fan.