TV Series - Relationships in The Walking Dead

I think I speak for everyone reading this post when I say that finding something to do during a zombie apocalypse is very difficult.  There's no television, video games, computers or any form of entertainment.  This forces people to live close together in a camp-type environment and as a result, people are going to start hooking up.

It's the truth.  There's no distractions or entertainment, they're all living together in an enclosed area and they're fighting for their lives every single day.  It wouldn't be realistic for The Walking Dead not to contain a couple of relationships.  In some cases, you could have people killing each other like with Rick, Lori and Shane. 

While I'm at it, I'll just address that right now.  It's completely logical for Lori to hook up with Shane because she thinks Rick is dead, she has to look after Carl and even if she doesn't like Shane, he saved them and is doing everything he can to protect the group.  It's going to happen.

The unfortunate truth is that women will have a tougher time defending themselves in a zombie apocalypse as opposed to men, except if you're name is Michonne.  Not to say that it isn't difficult for men to defend themselves, but they definitely have an advantage in terms of strength and hand-to-hand fighting.

Women will often use the "my hero" thing on men in order to get protection and things like that.  I think The Walking Dead has done a pretty good job of that as the series has progressed.  The love triangle with Shane, Rick and Lori and the relationship between Glenn and Maggie would all be things that could occur during a zombie apocalypse, although not all of them will end in death.

Now, I've liked most of the Glenn and Maggie relationship.  My favorite moment/joke was when they were hooking up in the tower and Daryl yells to Glenn, "You coming?"  I also liked the whole dynamic with Glenn hating Merle because of what the Governor did to Maggie.  I thought that was really well done and interesting to watch. And again, their relationship makes sense because Glenn saved Maggie from that walker in the store back in season two.

Other then those two, there haven't really been that many relationships.  A possible relationship that has been flying around the internet has been Daryl and Carol.  Now, we haven't really seen them hook up or anything like that, but I expect to see some of that moving forward.  I think Daryl would admire the fact that Carol has been able to survive up to this point without her daughter and her abusive husband, not that she misses him or anything like that.

I also think we'll see a love interest for Rick, but not right away like in seasons four, five or six.  It would be a little weird if they did it in season four, just after Lori's death.  So I think around season seven or eight would make sense, sort of like what Robert Kirkman did in the comic books with how he waited a little while for Rick to garner a love interest.

So there you have it.  Tell me what you think about relationships in The Walking Dead and in a zombie apocalypse in general.  Will we see Daryl and Carol hook up in season four? Write what you guys think in the comments below.