The Walking Dead

[Cinjin]

Remember episode 1 in season 1? The lttle-girl-zombie right at the start who picked up her furtoy? Or the Mum-zombie of the first survivers Rick meets who keeps turning the doornob of the house she died in? The zombies who tried to get into that store in episode 2 of season 1 by using stones?

I like these kind of moments in zombie flicks. I like how in the original Dawn of the Dead: zombies are atracted to the mall because of "instinct" and how some play arround with a gun, when it is given to them. Or how in Land of the Dead "Big Dady" plays arround at his gas-station. (Although this kind of "Instinct-moment" was a bit overused in Land of the Dead.
Still, my point is, I would like to see more such moments in the series and somehow think they have been missing for the past two seasons.

Agreed. Those subtle nuances are noticed and appreciated.

I think it's all the little extras that give a show its heart when it comes time to kill people off. Whether they be zombie or otherwise, you need all the characters to seem like they're real in order to get the audience to care and eventually to love the show.