The Walking Dead Season 1 Retrospective: The Defining Season of the Zombie Genre

[@coreym7209]

19:20 I noticed that Morgan called them “walkers”, so that’s what Rick calls them too since it’s the first name he hears for them. But when Rick meets the Atlanta survivors they all call the zombies “geeks”. It’s not until Rick shows up and calls them “walkers” that they follow his lead and do the same

[@thethriftytypewriter]

Not true, I thought the same thing but Shane calls them “walkers” right when Glenn shows up with the Challenger in episode 3. Might just be a slight lapse in the writing, but it’s still in there.

[@dariuswesley690]

​@@thethriftytypewriter Glen also calls them walkers when he first gets on the walkie talkie with Rick, before Rick even calls them walkers.

[@Rknowles813]

Lennie James in the pilot had one of the most emotional and well acted scenes in the entire walking dead universe.

[@aarongidudu3823]

Totally agree

[@Andrew-up3dr]

Yh it's a shame what happened to his character

[@grottybt5006]

I found him really cringe like amateur dramatics

[@Rknowles813]

@@grottybt5006 🤡🤡🤡

[@iinfrunamii.]

Lennie James ?

[@annademo]

This was without doubt the best season and one of the best shows of all time (IMO).

[@sourfrogstin]

1st season is my favorite for the Rick and Shane interactions alone, and young Daryl is always nice to revisit lol

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

When Shane was still sane.

[@danielbaguley2483]

October 2010 saw both The Walking Dead start and Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare release. Was one my favourite Halloweens I can remember.

[@Itz_Puxe]

As a person who watched this show back when it actually aired on AMC in its prime, oh man what I wouldn't do to go back and re-watch every episode for the first time and be blown away by all of the various moments❤

[@spencermorales1910]

I get that feeling completely I started watching it when I first came out on our box tv and I was 6 I fell in love with the zombie genre

[@mcgaming609]

Amazing video and also something about Merle I can’t believe flew over my head after rewatching this show so many times. I was rewatching from the beginning and noticed finally that In season 3 episode 13 Merle tells Michonne that he has a couple of calls he and Daryl would use when hunting that can give Daryl a heads up while Rick is out negotiating with the Governor. In later seasons Rick and Daryl both use whistles or calls to see if somebody near their group if split up is friend or foe or to just call something out. Such as season 5 episode 11. When Daryl and Rick recognized each other via Whistles in the Ally when they got split heading for Alexandria. Meaning Daryl probably taught Rick and probably the others the calls.

[@inscrutiatingpain]

lm

[@jackalexande]

gooning

[@kidnamedsolid3547]

I always hear “season 1 has the funniest scene”, “season 1 has the scariest scene”, etc. and that’s literally because frank darabont is the goat

[@conner1260]

@SaraLanc3🤡

[@denisucuuu]

no u dont

[@TunciBalunci]

Nothing beats t-dogs “i thought you was bein eaten by dogs man!” And then they proceed to show cute lil puppies barking

[@thelegacyofgaming2928]

The best part of season 1 is the scene where they show Merle's hand. Whatever music plays during that is haunting yet epic.

[@onesaucynougat7471]

@@thelegacyofgaming2928it’s called “the hand”. It was actually played at the beginning of this video in the background.

[@afrocious8281]

Honestly what most shows don’t capture is that tense feel. The amount of school yard talks or talks with the homies “bro t dogg is gonna make it hes my favorite” now show hits that kinda camaraderie

[@TimSedai]

Lost, Sopranos, TWD, and Breaking Bad... to be able to watch them again for the first time lol

[@cinemattic_multiverse]

I know right? I was just saying this morning how much I'd love to watch Breaking Bad for the first time again but now I want to watch The Walking Dead for the first time again! I haven't seen The Sopranos though, how is it?

[@TimSedai]

@cinemattic_multiverse slightly dated at this point, but phenomenal. SO many drama tropes were created or perfected by that show

[@finnkilgour3136]

I love going online and seeing lost appreciation no one ever talks about it anymore it’s literally one of the best shows of all time

[@KingSlayer_.]

And game of thrones

[@cinemattic_multiverse]

@@TimSedai I'll have to give it a try then! I might upload a review on each season as I watch it. Sounds like a great opportunity! I bet that show is used as an example in film classes from the sounds of the tropes it started!

[@Rknowles813]

The best pilot for any show I've ever watched.

[@Rknowles813]

Well that was until TOWL aired!!

[@jideofor26]

This was fantastic. This is my favourite genre and my favourite tv programme. Like the premier of Lost....which was just incredible when it first aired...the first episode of TWD was brilliant. I'm really looking forward to your retrospective reviews for the rest of the seasons. I love all your TWD content and will often re-watch them, they're that good. Thank you from the UK 😊

[@martinrossi3258]

i will never get over "don't dead open inside" 🤣🤣

[@Father_Daniel]

Great video, I look forward to the rest! I love the first two seasons so much. The Rick and Shane storyline is one of my all-time favorites

[@Adog00]

Oh yes dude🔥🔥 can’t wait for all the season recaps !!

[@captainace04]

I already know this is gonna be a W video

[@KingdomHeart556]

It’s always a treat to be notified of your walking dead videos!

[@vedant8633]

EACH MONTH?? can’t wait that long damn 😢

[@cj-bi7hz]

I LOVE all the side series they introduced after their finaly

[@kingfluffy1979]

Excellent video my man. I can't wait to see the upcoming season retrospectives. You've got yourself a new subscriber.

[@ReinersBlauerHoden]

The bad thing about walking dead is that the beginning of the apocalypse is like the first Episode. Of a series that has like a houndret seasons now.. They started way to fast in that "lets build a new world" world

[@ArchieWalters738]

this season was so good at setting up the show especially the pilot

[@RippedDiscs]

fun fact the actor who plays starkiller was in the tank with rick

[@g_rec_attempt6782]

Love the Videos and Analysis mste. Keep it up

[@weissrose7165]

Zombie TV shows we’re so different back in 2010

[@Nobody.exe50]

Good time watching this show as a kid , it was and still is something special .Any plans for Fear The Walking Dead videos ??

[@evision1]

Live laugh love the walking dead 🧟‍♂️

[@cinemattic_multiverse]

For real! Excellent show!

[@tracybrown1942]

If you have watched the episodes with the governor with ear buds, the ominous music made it.

[@colonelklink8790]

season 5 was peak as well

[@conner1260]

People often forget that boring and cringe hospital arc which leads to nothing since noah and Beth both die within a few episodes

[@Michaelengelmann]

Zombies were better in S1. Some ran. Then the show runner got fired then 10 ish years later they tried doing running & specialty zombies but 1 season to do that would always be 👎🏽

[@Madcuzurbad6399]

i used to not like the vatos but once i realized the vatos were harmless and just trying to take care of the eldrly, but after the episode i liked the vatos and once i found out they died i was actually kinda sad

[@JimmyNotes]

19:10 I'm pretty sure that the survivor camp referred to the Walkers as "geeks" before Rick arrived.

[@liltremble623]

keep up with these retrospectives

[@gouinp4669]

i feel like the « cure theory » arc wasn’t too early there, cause it was revived in season 4-5 with eugene anyway !

[@stormylerft2409]

To me it was a good introduction with the vatos to other groups at that time. It was still only a couple months into the apocalypse to me it would be unrealistic to show a whole group of stone cold killers. They’re turning into a hardcore group by threatening Rick and Glenn but it’s still so early into the apocalypse that they’re doing anything to keep innocent elderly people alive. We see ricks group do something similar the next episode with ricks group abandoning everything to try to help Jim no matter what. The vatos were a perfect parallel to ricks group but we obviously know the vatos weren’t successful in holding out, but neither was ricks group with the farm, prison, and even Alexandria.

[@realestateservicesfromlarr9128]

As we know now, there was no safe place to go. And in fairness I don't think there was that much difference between Rick and Shane's ideas about where to go. The CDC was likely to have strong defenses if still standing (much like the military base) as well as a cure/treatment if such existed. Lack of a permanent power source aside, the CDC almost worked out.

[@cadeheinberg3047]

So excited for the iPhones in The Ones Who Live. We havent seen one the entire show but why not do something cringe

[@jeremyhewitt2276]

Season 1 is a masterpiece

[@allisonnicole.]

Season 5 is my favorite!

[@jamesbounds]

Crazy that Daryl and Carol are the only two actors to be in all eleven seasons of the Walking Dead.

[@ThaliaGecko]

I can’t wait for part 2

[@Finn03314]

2:37 I think that Brba had a better pilot

[@esothetics]

The scale of TWD’s pilot was unprecedented. This series had the potential to possibly outdo Brba in terms of storytelling and production. They fumbled it by axing Darabont.

[@gokublack072]

love this show bruh

[@mortem-tyrannis]

I don't see the hig deal with Morgan, yeah he was interesting until he went all all life is important stuff. Yeah it was a great episode showing how he got to that 180 view but thats were it ends with him being interesting.

[@ayatgabir2531]

Can you talk about The ones who live?

[@santoslopez3829]

I had a double take when you said rick and morgan

[@tonyx8862]

Didn’t Glenn call walker Geeks at one point before walkers?

[@tinycanlid5]

Loved that

[@samiraslan9735]

Nice video, I only disagree with you on two things: TS-19 I think it was the greatest episode and in the right time! I really liked the pace and the flow in season 1. Later it became we have big war coming so let's keep talking about it for 6 episodes and so on. The show ignored the danger of the walkers completely later on and the best part about season 1 how scary and dangerous the first versions of the walkers

[@The_Purple_Trickster]

Idk TS-19 really did kinda tell too much of the story and Robert kirkman went on record saying he regretted making that episode and if he had the chance to do it again he wouldn’t add it also the whole show (and comics) weren’t and ever wasn’t about the walkers but humanity so it would become more focused on the characters then the danger

[@CUTEBLUEBERRYMAN]

Do skibidi toilet lore

[@BonesyTucson]

The first season was perfect. But I wish Morgan never came back in later episodes - I thought he ruined TWD being around so much, it became the friggin' Morgan show after a while.

[@FLMDA]

Whats the music that you used ?

[@sovetskyskaiyastrigon1750]

Have you watched Z Nation it’s also very good

[@PlanetaryArtist_FR]

Nice

[@Faceplay2]

I love how you mentioned there was popular zombie video games, but then completely skipped the biggest zombie video game franchise ever resident evil a franchise that much more popular than even The Walking Dead itself

[@wizard_of_poz4413]

God I miss when they talk and acted like normal people

[@LoicCT7567]

It's crazy when you think about it. If glenn did not return for the hat, it would sadly have been lost

[@Zeroshiki]

The scene of Rick and Carl reuniting gets to me this day. Carl yelling _"Dad!"_ and Rick crying, it was such a beautiful scene acted out very well by both of them. Makes me tear up every time.

[@Dongle620]

Frank Darabont getting fired after season two is such a tragedy

[@kurt4]

After season one actually, he negotiated for a higher budget for season 2 and they sacked him

[@conner1260]

@@kurt4Think he managed to film 1 or 2 episode of season 2 before he was fired

[@kurt4]

@@conner1260 I’m not sure I saw him in the credits for any episode but I may be wrong, what I heard is that his script was used but he wasn’t there anymore

[@Nioclas64]

During season 2

[@victoriabeck2357]

I loved Frank’s work. Very much!!

[@cjvoerman5591]

I never watched the Walking Dead as it came out. I recently started watching it back in mid-December and am currently on Season 10. Despite having binged that much in that short amount of time, Seasons 1 and 2 are so unexplainably nostalgic. Maybe it’s the lighting and grainy resolution of the camera or the believability and realism of the early apocalypse, when the zombies were the biggest threat.

[@NightmareChronicles77]

Oh how I feel you there and I watched season 1 and 2 back in like 2012, the nostalgia is insane

[@ericad528]

My husband and I just finished it on Sunday

[@Tinavvv]

Same! But I started it last October and watched episode finale this weekend :)

[@Zeroshiki]

I didn't start watching it until Telltale's Walking Dead game first came out (in 2013 I think). The game really got me into the universe and the show was so much better than I expected it to be. To this day, the first 4 seasons are so nostalgic to me, because season 4 was premiering by the time I caught up, but 1 and 2 especially.

[@heybeter9505]

It was the producer’s preferred choice of filming, which really added to the realism

[@jvever4904]

I actually disagree about the Vatos storyline improving if they were villains. The fact that they turn out to be nice people helps with Season 2. If they were awful raiders, then the moral dilemma in S2 about killing Randal wouldn't be as impactful, because the characters could point out that their group was hurt in the past. Not knowing if Randal is just a kid caught up in things or if he's a murderous scumbag is part of the tension for that slower character-driven season. Plus personally, I liked the subversion of the group of Mexican guys/cholos actually being the good guys who are taking care of the elderly. It really plays into how people of racial minorities look after their own and put great value in the elderly as part of their community to be cherished, instead of just being burdens that are put into retirement homes. The Vatos were just workers at that place, but they stepped up when the elderly were abandoned.

[@jamesbodnarchuk3322]

I like how Glen calls the walkers “geeks” homage to the comic deadworld

[@Tattooed_Reflex]

I honestly miss “that feeling” of when your watching the intro getting so excited to watch the new episode if you know want I mean you know, this feeling stopped by season 7/8 for me

[@BrandonFlint-ro2ns]

It did for a lot of people. The quality dipped drastically during this time and never recovered. People say seasons 9 and 10 and 11 are so good blah blah but they aren't anywhere near the quality of the earlier seasons. The number of viewers from then to now proves my point. Back then it was extremely rare to run into a person who hasn't watched or at least heard of The Walking Dead. But now they look at you with a deer in the headlights look.

[@yazzi9734]

@@BrandonFlint-ro2nsnobody really says they’re good except season 9. Most would say 10 and 11 were meh or bad

[@gdaymates431]

Stopped for me when Negan showed up. Also, Morgan. For me, those two characters made me stop watching.

[@fulltimeslackerii8229]

For me it was season 2 and beyond. They all became soft and got their butts kicked a lot

[@jackalexande]

​@@gdaymates431 It's sad because Negan is one of my favorite characters from the comic but his character feels so lackluster in the adaptation. But my all time favorite scene from the show is when Rick throws his axe at Negan and he eats shit 😭

[@frejahertz3675]

Season one is by far the most solid story telling in tv I’ve ever seen. Rick’s immediate panic when he wakes up, the way the zombies act, the group.. everything was perfect. Morgan was perfection as well, and led to the wonderful exposition through the walkie-talkie throughout the seasons, and most of season one just hits. The setup of the show during season one didn’t feel like it was dragging either, there was always something happening. God, I love the early seasons of this show.

[@cinemattic_multiverse]

The Walking Dead is a fantastic show and the first season is one of the best starts to a show I have ever seen

[@thepyramidschemepodcast]

TWD had a perfect pilot; Breaking Bad had a perfect finale.

[@cinemattic_multiverse]

Agreed @@thepyramidschemepodcast

[@CelestialSims333]

Me too❤ I'm rewatching for the 11th time and I've played the tell tale series too❤

[@cinemattic_multiverse]

@@CelestialSims333 awesome haha and I haven’t played those how are they?

[@CelestialSims333]

@cinemattic_multiverse amazinggg my favorite season is 2🩷 clementine is my baby girl lol

[@johnbadman3340]

Character conversations in seasons 1-3 always felt so much more realistic and grounded in reality, I don't know if anyone else experienced this but starting at season 4, certain lines felt like just lines, instead of two real people having real conversations

[@revilno]

13:07 I think that it was played at a good time, because there is a deleted scene where the return a few days later and the Vatos are all dead. I think the plan was to show how in the apocalypse, no one can stay as a good guy forever. Season one is the only time that makes sense for them to meet an old folks home that has been protected.

[@sylvananas7923]

Having recently started TWD back to s1, I personally love how early after the collapse of society it takes place, I believe its been like a month ? People are not sure what to call the zombies, or even how to kill them, some still expect the millitary to return and help and everything just feels 'uncertain'. It's not ten years into the collapse where a new generation grew up in that new world and those that lived in the 'old' world have forgotten about it to move on

[@BrandonFlint-ro2ns]

I think it takes place 6 or 8 weeks after Rick gets shot. The timeline of The Walking Dead is not exactly easy to map out. There's so many time jumps and points where multiple episodes take place over a single day or a couple days. But yeah it's amazing to see how things progressed from then to now.

[@Andrew-up3dr]

Love how everybody forgets that Rick dropped a hard N bomb in season 1

[@TheDIZZLER.]

Cancel him now!!!

[@ElevenDakota98]

In defense of T-Dog while explaining to Merle not to call people that.. yeah

[@Andrew-up3dr]

@@TheDIZZLER. god no its hilarious

[@aliuniversal4100]

Southern cop. It makes sense lol

[@zzzzzdagod8973]

crazy i forgot about that when he bit that dudes neck open

[@dominictaylor7599]

Can't wait to see you dissect the rest of the seasons!

[@BURP39R]

Shane was right and wrong. And that's what made him excellent. The problem was he was always likely to fold into unsympathetic mad man. And he did.

[@stopmotion-Negan]

please keep doing these twd videos their awesome

[@cinemattic_multiverse]

Facts I love videos like this. The Walking Dead needs more appreciation imo

[@kebabgames420hehexd6]

The fact Rick will become an operator in MW3 is hilarious

[@Tactical_autist]

Really?

[@bearzdlc2172]

not hilarious its just awesome

[@bearzdlc2172]

@@Tactical_autist its been in specultation for a while but they just confirmed it today. its cool af.

[@idkwhattohaveasausername5828]

*Capture B Flag Coral*

[@halflifemason]

@@idkwhattohaveasausername5828lol

[@crusader2112]

There's just something special about Season 1. It's the closest thing to a perfect season of television along with every season of Breaking Bad. P.S. Sad that the Rick&Andrea set up never went anywhere I liked their chemistry in that one scene and I'm a big fan of them in the comics.

[@Christopher_Vose]

The Walking Dead introduced great characters later on, like Negan, but it really feels like every subsequent season is worse than the previous one. Thankfully, it started so strong.

[@davidthorson2036]

Season 1 is still my favorite partially due to how it feels/looks the most cinematic.

[@sensacionsombria5125]

Frank Darabont is the GOAT. Biggest mistake AMC ever did was firing him. The show lost a lot of quality after season 2. And after season 6 it became SHIT

[@Lifetime10154]

It became better after season 2. Season 3-6 is peak walking dead

[@yigaboii2254]

Only on season 4 got to watch one season a month

[@cinemattic_multiverse]

I hope you enjoyed what you've seen so far!

[@yigaboii2254]

@@cinemattic_multiverse oh trust me I have such a great show

[@cinemattic_multiverse]

@@yigaboii2254 I know right?! I love almost every episode that I’ve seen

[@yigaboii2254]

@@cinemattic_multiverse Ong I love the Darryl Beth duo

[@cinemattic_multiverse]

@@yigaboii2254 me too their scenes are some of my favorites in the entire show.

[@AlexTommo]

2:30 This score from the first episode is just incredible.

[@markgaumee]

I liked zombie media before watching The Walking dead, this show was what made me LOVE zombie media.

[@111horror]

In my opinion the first 3 seasons are the best and my favourite loved frank darabont and glens version of the show! Thought seasons 4-11 so boring hated gimples version

[@Arkanyte]

Looks like Thrifty in his Korotos Mystery Shack arc with this one 😂

[@allaninaet2835]

Vatos was written by series as a whole creator Robert Kirkman so it's easy to see why it feels restricted, in the comic he doesn't really build up on Shane feeling like Rick took everything from him, and he kinda randomly goes off on Rick when he thinks the two are alone. He's killed by Carl while this happens because Shane becomes more hostile. It feels like Shane's only purpose there was to be dug up by Rick and put down after Rick learned that you turn walker no matter how you die.

[@nick_4972]

I wish the series maintained the level of quality season 1 had. What could’ve been…

[@billross9132]

S2, 3 and 4 will be as good as s1 if they didnt have so much bloat. All amcs fault for wanting more eps

[@houssembouguerra5515]

The scene that shows Morgan trying to put down his wife was definitely one of the most emotional scenes in the first season Lennie James deserved atleast an emmy nomination of best guest actor

[@thomaswillard6267]

Sorry bro, did you just say "the original black ops zombies"? I will not stand for this WaW libel

[@danieltyonjackson]

I started The Walking Dead about a week after this past Thanksgiving and im actually watching the season 7 finale right now and wow. This is my #1 show and nothing tops it. The realism, immersion, and lines in the show are unmatched. I have yet to see a bad season in this show. Maybe the latter half of season four (besides when Rick bit that guy's jugular out). It shows how people would act if we lost everything that made us comfortable. The intro is also one of a kind.

[@danieltyonjackson]

The lion is a bit overkill though.

[@phantomblack211]

tiger@@danieltyonjackson

[@MHACompute]

@@danieltyonjackson It's a tiger... and it was a key part of the source material, so had to be included. I think they did it well, in the show, and made it a whole lot more credible. But, hey! Zombies...and you're upset over a tiger?

[@tylermunday2146]

I rewatched the whole show for the first time a year or so ago and let me tell you my perspective on season 1 reaaally changed on this rewatch. I love the show and always have but when watching it as it came out in my teens i always got excited as the scale of the show seemed to get bigger and bigger. I remember thinking back on the first 2 seasons as a boring watered down version and i never understood why people picked season 1 as their favourite. On my rewatch though i found myself being really fond of season 1-2 especially season 1, it just feels so quality and you could really tell a filmaker like frank darabont was behind it. There was a sense of horror with the soundtrack and the vibe that left when everyone seemed to become a badass. I really cant truly put my finger on the change of quality/vibe the show lost when frank darabont left and i still love the show after it but it was just different.

[@Mickcmo]

Didn’t the Atlanta group call them geeks, and only switched to walkers after meeting Rick

[@thethriftytypewriter]

Nope, I thought so too but right when Glenn arrives in the Challenger at the camp Shane says “You tryna drag every walker in the area here” or something like that. Maybe a mistake in that one scene but still.

[@SpokeNyan1390]

The Walking Dead couldn’t have done it without Frank Darabont. If only he had stayed and AMC wasn’t greedy, the walking dead would have been on the same level as Breaking Bad.

[@lukeskywalkerthe2nd773]

Season 1 of TWD is always a blast to rewatch! Even if not everything holds up well, most of it really still does, and I'll always maintain that the first season is arguably one of the best first seasons ever made for TV. Not to mention with hindsight it's just insane how different the show was then compared to what it eventually became. Complete whiplash every time! This video perfectly explains why I love it so much still, and I can't wait for the rest of your TWD retrospectives, Thrifty! :)

[@rashidaguest4035]

People didn't try to understand that the shows about man vs man with 🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️ mixed in just like in the Graphic Novels

[@WhoIsJohnGaltt]

i wouldnt say that it got "oversaturated" i would say it just got shallowed out. as time went on people put less passion into the creations which made them not as good as came before. things just got "less" in quality. which may seem like "oversaturation" but you wouldnt say that if the quality stayed the same but every movie afterwards was a banger. simply put every movie after wasnt a banger but merely a cash grab without any real effect input

[@hue.main1]

one of the things that made it harder for me to want to watch the later seasons is that, there's too many people. I enjoy the more smaller, tight group because it makes it more interesting to me. If there's too many people to follow it gets tougher to care cause we don't sit with their stories long enough.

[@Folicus]

Understanding this question is kind of off topic, but do you think Rick Grimes will die in TOWL series? Because looking at the time lines from each series and how little episodes are in TOWL from my pov it aint lookin to good for helicopter boy

[@ericgropuis]

I personally don’t think the walkers acting different is that jarring. The CDC episode plus later on with Milton’s experiments, it hints that early on when someone turns some of their old self is still there. Walkers being able to open doors, Jenny herself having some of her old memories, Ann not attacking Andrea at first and instead trying to just touch her., Walkers using tools like rocks to break things. It shows that early on the brain was still there but as time progresses and the body continues to decompose because they are dead they lose a lot of those older functions, not being able to run, not being able to try and climb things, open doors, explore. I remember in Season 2 there was a walker who walked into the RV and looked around. It leaned into the idea that the person they used to be was still in there and gets backed up by characters bringing it up in season 2 with Hershel and Season 3 with Milton

[@BB-ed4om]

I wish they would’ve stuck with calling the zombies “geeks”. Walkers and Biters are too descriptive. Geeks is more fun.

[@daysofapril2667]

I would’ve loved more of Shane Beenthal. If only Shane & Andrea had ridden off into the sunset together.. even for a little while. But alas, it wasn’t meant to be.

[@ZavidWebster]

Season 1 Characters: Rick Morgan Duaine Glenn Andrea Amy Shane Lori Carl Morales Dale Jim Daryl Merle Jacqui T-Dog Carol Sophia Ed Guillermo Jenner

[@capnmnemo]

"Over a decade ago" does not capture the dread of the fact that it has been 14 years.