Who knew Abraham, Rosita, and Eugene could carry an entire episode? The Walking Dead continues its streak of competence and confidence by taking us along for the ride to the trip to Washington DC with Abraham, Rosita, Eugene, Glen, and Maggie. Last season, having the core characters split up into much smaller pairings and groups… Continue reading The Walking Dead – Episode 5.5 “Self Help”
As I predicted, as did everyone else I’m sure, Beth has found herself in a seriously fucked up situation. Although “Slabtown” solely focused Beth, I wasn’t disappointed. It’s hard to believe this is the same character who I was almost positive wasn’t going to be around for more than a few episodes. There were so many extra… Continue reading The Walking Dead – Episode 5.4 “Slabtown”
The Walking Dead hasn’t been this competent and confident in a long time, maybe ever. But with this week’s “Four Walls And A Roof,” we start to see a new type of storytelling. Most importantly, though, it’s the first time audiences get to see how pivotal a role the environment plays on our core group of survivors.… Continue reading The Walking Dead – 5.3 “Four Walls And A Roof”
No one can deny the inherent difficulty of making a television show centered on the zombie apocalypse, but The Walking Dead handles it with such aplomb. Granted, one could argue there is the source material to consistently fall back on, but successfully transitioning a printed work into a live-action visual medium is a heavy task… Continue reading The Walking Dead – Episode 5.2 “Strangers”
Xanax, anyone? The Walking Dead has gotten so much stronger in the last year. Season 4 was perhaps the best season to date, and its finale “A” stands as one of the series’ strongest episodes. It comes as no surprise, then, “No Sanctuary” serves as an extension of Season 4’s finale. We pick up where we… Continue reading The Walking Dead – Episode 5.1 “No Sanctuary”
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