If I were to choose one line that resonated with me the most, it would be where Joquin quotes the King James version of Revelation 20:13, saying
“And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.”
While I still dislike the way in which he presented this, I think he hit the nail on the head when it comes to summarizing the situation. Dead Set shows us an apocalyptic zombie outbreak through the lens of a screen society, and I prefer to believe Joquin when he says that everything may be happening because a God “is judging our culture, and smiting us accordingly.” Let’s face it, in the show and in today’s world, screens are everywhere, and society can seem to revolve around staring at a screen for long periods of time. I’d venture to say that we’re all already somewhat zombie-like, and condemning society to literal zombification for eternity might not be that big of a change(on a large scale of course, for you and I being a zombie might shake things up a bit). The participants of society are simply changing form, and they’re continuing to do the same things that they were doing before, staring at screens.
For me, Dead Set creates an all appropriate, and terrifying, ending for the screen culture of today.
Sources:
Bishop, K. W. (2010). American Zombie Gothic: The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Walking Dead in Popular Culture. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc.
Brooker, C. (Producer). (2008). Dead Set. United Kingdom: Zeppotron.
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Totally aside from the ideas above, isn’t the idea of a life-and-death battle with the dead pretty cool, less cool if the dead win I suppose
