It's a slower episode than usual, but I liked it because it showed the Alexadrians dealing with the harsh reality instead of the fantasy bubble they've been living in. The problem is that a whole episode that focused basically on characters that I personally don't care that much yet was a bit boring.
Aaron is the one I'm most interested when it comes from characters from Alexandria. Apart from him I like that new doctor Denise, Deanna and her son (because they are so naive about everything) and Jessie and her kids.
As a filler episode I think it worked because there was development in the new characters, specially the teenager kid that came to his sense and apparently isn't rebelling anymore against everybody and did the right thing without being obnoxious or annoying.
I loved seeing Aaron and Maggie bonding, it was a very sweet moment and I wanted to see him interacting with more people of the group. But I could go without the pregnancy storyline for Maggie... we saw that already with Lori, not really something interesting to watch.
Jessie has had a good development since last season, but honestly I think that the timing is off getting her and Rick romantically involved right now.
Gosh, people. R-E-L-A-X. It wasn't that bad. My goodness.
This episode was a tale of two kisses, and those two kisses explain everything that was wrong and everything that was missing from this story.
The first was between Dr. Denise and a semi-flabbergasted Tara. That kiss was great, because it was preceded by what felt like real human interactions between the two characters. The actress who plays Denise did a great job selling the feeling that her character was underwater and doubting herself, but eventually braving her fear and getting a good outcome. That led great subtext to her eventually kissing Tara. The actress who plays Tara didn't have as much to do, but still felt like a real person, albeit one in an unreal situation.
By contrast, the one between Rick and Jessie was eyeroll-worthy. It's not just because the show seemed to have been trying to move them together since the moment they met, but because all of their interactions feel almost alien, with overwrought, soap opera level acting and dialogue, and forced, cliche story beats. This relationship was built over the course of several episodes, and Tara and Denise's was essentially built in just one. It's an indictment of the show that the latter works much better than the former.
And it's endemic of the flaws of this episode, and to some degree, the show as a whole. Almost nobody in this episode had an actual conversation with any of the characters. Even when a scene only included two people, was still an episode of SPEECHES. Everybody was giving SPEECHES! It was a collection of dull, on-the-nose monologues about the same old crud the show has been slogging through for seasons now, with zero subtlety or anything approaching how actual human beings behave.
That was true of Maggie and Aaron's little excursion. (Maggie's acting was particularly bad in their stilted exchanges.) That was true of Spencer's temper tantrum with Deanna. (A storyline that actually had some interesting thematic heft behind it, even if it was executed poorly.) It was true of Carl and Ron's Dawson's Creek redux routine. Blame the acting (most of it pretty poor outside of Deanna who did a good job selling her character's shellshocked position but eventual resolve), blame the writing, blame the people putting it all together, but this was a pretty rough slog for most of the run time.
But hey, while The Walking Dead has proven itself incredibly unreliable in terms of acting, writing, and plot from episode-to-episode, one thing we can always count on it for is cool zombie setpieces. The sewer zombies were very well done, and their attack on Aaron and Maggie was one of the few moments in the episode that really grabbed my attention. Kudos to the production/zombie effects team. Maybe this show should just stick to spectacle.
Is this getting any better in the future? Almost quitting this boring season…
Stop trolling the fans! Is Glenn alive or dead?
Another boredom episode, they better end the show at the end of this season or at this rate the season 7 will be complete garbage.
Nothing much is going on, as usual it's the "build-up episode" which gives clues and prepares build-up for future episodes. TWD always has episodes like this (Wolves, Terminus). So don't get so fed up, I guess.
The only thing that bothers me is: why the heck don't they kill those walkers one by one like they did back in Prison?
i hate this episodes. but, they are needed
So Maggie really is pregnant. Maybe that's the "part of Glenn" we're going to see in the future?
But my theory is that he gets out, the guts we see being ripped out by walkers are Nicholas's (if they were Glenn's, they'd be in his chest), Glenn is protected by the walker goo all over him, but is not able to escape without being bitten. He makes it back to Alexandria, Maggie is able to see his face again, the can say their goodbyes, and then he dies.
I also like some of these theories, though: http://moviepilot.com/posts/3618626?lt_source=external,manual
A long and boring episode, But needed
that was really stupid episode. waste of time for everyone who watched that whit
action scenes are over. talk show it is
I thought every character would kill themselves at any moment during this episode.
Im starting to miss Darryl....
sam kills an ant
sam: anime inspirational speech style this is what now looks like! we have to sheds a tear protect ourselves and more importantly protect each other! now is our future points at everyone but you can survive because future has hope!
Fue un episodio tranquilo, pero son 16 capítulos de la temporada y van 5 así que tranquilos, sean pacientes es necesario estos episodios para dar lógica al asunto!! y disfrútenla!
Fue un episodio tranquilo, pero son 16 capítulos de la temporada y van 5 así que tranquilos ya lo sabremos todo con el tiempo, es necesario estos episodios para darle lógica a todo porque se quejan si no pasa nada y se quejan porque pasa muy rápido todo también, solo analicen todo y se hará más interesante, sean pacientes !!
Otro episodio tranquilo, y sigue sin saberse nada de los que están fuera.
Wait a second... I thought a walker was driving that truck. Did I miss something? Or did that whatshisface-who-stole-from-the-pantry-and-also-is-a-son-of-whatsherface-who's-whatshisface-husband-died lied? I'm confused. Also it's saying a lot about the quality of this episode if that's my main dilemma...
about to watch the episode. thoughts: okay, 75% percent isn't good for twd. sweats nervously
We need to be quiet, zombies will walk away.
Id*t Rick and others: On the tower, being tasty target for them, giving shooting lessons. This show really p*s me off.
And I absolutely forgot that Glenn might be dead after the last boring episode lol
Maggie is finally back... it was great to see her bonding with Aaron. That walker was sick! I'm starting to wonder about Glenn's death atm...
Shout by SchokominzaBlockedParent2015-11-09T17:03:46Z
Basically, it was one melodramatic speech after another, giving everyone their 5 mins of over-emotional monologue.