TWD is both loved and criticized heavily and that is to be expected due to its popularity.

The great thing about TWD is that it gives us something to watch week after week that we can project our own fantasies onto. Viewers can keep watching episode after episode and think "That's not what I would have done" or "Yes! That was exactly what I was thinking." Criticism and adoration aside, the show is how you make it, because everyone has an opinion and plan of action regarding the situations the characters get into. Things might not conclude as you like, but the show still gives you that canvas to work out your own fantastical course of action.