I would like to know why the sherrif guy didn't try to start the M1 Abrams tank he was hiding in during the first episode? I mean c'mon! Think of the zombie road pizza you could make with a tank. Also... Whatever happened to the helicopter he saw in the first episode? Did the writers just forget about that?
And the big one that I don't get...
If the zombies only purpose is to find and eat live flesh... And when they do take something down, like the horse or the deer or people, they shred and eat the thing... Why are there so many zombies running around with all of their body parts? Wouldn't they have been nearly completely eaten when they were first killed?
And what about the dead guy on the highway that had the bundle of axes knives machetes etc that the kid found... What killed him? He was just sitting there in his vehicle dead. He wasn't eaten. If he had been bitten, wouldn't he have turned into a zombie and joined the "herd"?
And if the zombie sickness is a virus like thing that is spread by zombie fluids getting into the body, why are the characters so calm about getting zombie blood and guts all over them? Don't you think that you'd be freaking out trying to wash all the blood and guts off of yourself?
I think it's great that AMC put the show on the air. It's refreshing to see a show that took some balls to put on the air like this one. I just wish the writers would spend a little more time and effort.
On zombies smelling. It was explained after the show that the zombies smelling only differentiates to them live people from dead zombies. Which is why they dont attack and eat each other. They dont actively use sense of smell to hunt.
On the tank. Maybe he doesnt know how to drive a tank. I know I dont. Also. considering the circumstances he may not have event thought about it.
I've thought about all the dead people in cars too.. couple possibilities. Trapped in their cars with walkers all around they died of exposure/dehydration.
Some flaw in the virus or possibly some antibody in their bodies prevented the virus from turning them and just killed them out right.
Why walkers arent just eaten.
Im guessing the ones that got eaten were swarmed or died on the spot preventing escape. If you get bitten by something. Are you going to just stand there or try to get away? The walkers are the ones that got away Also could be liek sharks. Bite on instinct and only actually feed when hungry.
The blood/body fluid question is a good question
But remember its a story. In reality this could never happen. Our military is just too efficient at killing. And rednecks would just turn it into a trophy sport.