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\u2026 I can only tell you why I love the TV series The Walking Dead<\/a> so much, as everyone has their own individual reasons. Mine is for it\u2019s life affirming message. Seriously. A show about the undead is shockingly edifying. Life is precious and people can endure all manner of horrors thrown at them as long as they have hope. To not just simply survive but live<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Or in the case of this short and emotionally raw clip, Cargo<\/em>, to live on.<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s only 7 minutes, but it\u2019s 7 minutes of the most life affirming beauty and heart breaking sacrifice you\u2019re likely to see in the zombie genre of story telling. And for those who follow the TV series TWD, you\u2019ll understand the end. We bury the ones we love. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026 I can only tell you why I love the TV series The Walking Dead so much, as everyone has their own individual reasons. Mine is for it\u2019s life affirming message. Seriously. A show about the undead is shockingly edifying. 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