Episode 16: Conquer
Here we are, finally at the end of Season 5 and having seen the 90 minute finale, we're exhausted! It seems like just yesterday we were baited with a shot of the prison over Rick and Daryl's shoulders in preparation for Season 3, and now we're in pre-production on Season 6, nearly ready to begin filming back in good ol' Georgia.
Instead of giving a synopsis, we'll just say the internal conflict between the Alexandrites and Team Rick are coming to a head. The townsfolk are holding a tribunal of sorts to decide if they want to kick Rick out, Nicholas and Glenn are going at it, and even Father Whinesalot is paying his dues via an embittered Sasha who shows him just how bad of an idea it is to proclaim her and the group 'evil'. The big twist of the finale? Well you knew there'd be one, right? It's not that Pete gets the ax (though he does, it's just not a surprise- so long #PorchDick), but that Morgan finally finds the group by way of rescuing Aaron and Daryl from a sticky spot that would have otherwise been certain death. So we're going into Season 6 with the 'you must change your ways' line firmly drawn in the sand and Morgan fresh from the field on board to help bring Rick back from another brink.
At long last, Morgan has arrived, and is sane enough to finally join the group! He has, however, discovered some bizarre zen-state where he deems all life valuable... even the bad ones. It's his excuse for coming to Aaron and Daryl's aid, though in the beginning he seems to be leaving two of The Wolves to be chewed on (he loads their unconscious bodies into a car and then honks the horn... one would assume to draw walkers to them but as Lennie James explained on TTD afterward -the surprise cast guest-, it was to ensure the coast was clear for him to exit instead). This will for sure be an interesting contrast to Rick's 'trust no one' attitude and seems to introduce our new 'voice of reason' for Season 6, now that Tyreese is gone. That said, it cannot last forever since the very baddies Morgan let live have already struck again. Shucks, that always happens.
The mid-season finales tend to be more cliff-hangery than season finales, and this one follows suit (the only real cliffhanger in the bunch was Season 4's terminus lockup, the rest were mostly setting the scene for the following season). Now they can bounce forward past winter again as they've done in seasons past without causing much of a hiccup in the storytelling if they so choose. We might not be surprised, then, if when we get back from the break we find things at the ASZ much altered with Rick in power now that he has finally been proven right by Pete murdering Reg right in front of Deanna, though ZenMorgan is definitely not going to approve of the fact that he walked in for their much awaited reunion just in time to see Rick shoot the man in the face.
One of the most exciting things of this year's finale by far is the first release of the trailers for the spin-off, Fear The Walking Dead. Set in Los Angeles at the outbreak of the virus, we're going to be treated to the goings-on at the onset that we were largely left in the dark on before, thanks to Rick's coma. The idea of a fresh start in the same vein of the original but with an entirely new cast is oddly enthralling, despite how much loyalty we have toward our current crew. The fact that it comes mid-summer may be just what we've always needed. And yes, it is a new cast and highly unlikely to cross over at all, though some fans immediately assumed going back to the onset meant bringing back to life some of our dead cast members.
So, cheers on a great conclusion to Season Five! We'll be back atcha in July when the new gang hits the airwaves.
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Monday, March 30, 2015
Monday, March 23, 2015
The Walking Dead: Season 5 Episode 15 WDF Review
Episode 15: Try
Is anyone else getting depressed that we are almost at the finale already? We'll be taking up a collection to purchase a truck load of ice cream. The good kind.
This episode begins with Deanna and family mourning the loss of Aiden.Martha Stewart Carol is baking a casserole for the family in classic Southern-Funeral style, which is left abandoned on their front porch while Deanna burns the condolences note left with it. The symbolic shift in mentality wethinks. Oh, the times they are a-changin'. Meanwhile the video of Nicholas' account of the disastrous run is played... and he blames it all squarely on Glenn. Glenn, however, is giving his testimony of the true events to Rick.
Daryl and Aaron are out tracking through the woods and come upon another walker marked with a 'W'. Back in town, Carol outs Rick on his fondness for Jessie. Rick brings the matter of Pete's violence to Deanna's attention, but she already knows. He wants to kill him, Deanna wants to banish him. Knowing that would just result in Pete returning to exact revenge, he decides to take matters into his own hands and talk Jessie into coming into his protection. Rick's feelings for Jessie are made clear between them.
Sasha is going a little crazy, and runs off in a quest to rid the woods around Alexandria of Walkers. Rosita and Michonne follow after, and after mowing down about 25 of them (during which Michonne starts to miss her katana), Sasha breaks down in a way that only Sasha can and returns to the watch tower where she continues to pick off Walkers as they approach the wall.
Pete walks in on Jessie and Rick during their discussion and the two begin a bar-room brawl complete with crashing through the window onto the porch. Drawing the attention of the whole town, Carl and Jessie attempt to pull them apart, but after the two nearly kill each other Rick finally lets go. While waving around his gun, he proclaims Deanna's way of doing things dangerous. He mocks her by asking if she's going to kick him out... and in his speech nearly gives her reason to until Michonne puts an end to his tirade by knocking him out.
And so we are again left with the question of where the finale will take us. Will Rick seize power or will there be a conflict with an outside threat? Or some combination of the two? Perhaps Michonne will emerge as the clear-headed leader? With Nicholas, Father StabsYouInTheBack, and Rick himself practically proclaiming our crew to be evil, dangerous people, we at least know some internal conflict will continue. The sneak peeks so far reveal Rick recovering from his fight-wounds and Carol threatening Pete if he doesn't tend to Tara. Carol's been losing favor, you know, threatening kids and everything, so something is bound to happen to justify her behavior and bring her character back from Maleficentville similar to her saving the day at Terminus. We hope.
Gale Anne Hurd did promise that there would be blood, and not all of it Walker blood, in the finale. No one has been given the typical "swan song" episode lately, so it's anybody's guess at who's next on the chopping block. So bring your cheer sticks and your Kleenex, folks. Hard to say what's going to happen now.
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Is anyone else getting depressed that we are almost at the finale already? We'll be taking up a collection to purchase a truck load of ice cream. The good kind.
This episode begins with Deanna and family mourning the loss of Aiden.
Daryl and Aaron are out tracking through the woods and come upon another walker marked with a 'W'. Back in town, Carol outs Rick on his fondness for Jessie. Rick brings the matter of Pete's violence to Deanna's attention, but she already knows. He wants to kill him, Deanna wants to banish him. Knowing that would just result in Pete returning to exact revenge, he decides to take matters into his own hands and talk Jessie into coming into his protection. Rick's feelings for Jessie are made clear between them.
Sasha is going a little crazy, and runs off in a quest to rid the woods around Alexandria of Walkers. Rosita and Michonne follow after, and after mowing down about 25 of them (during which Michonne starts to miss her katana), Sasha breaks down in a way that only Sasha can and returns to the watch tower where she continues to pick off Walkers as they approach the wall.
Pete walks in on Jessie and Rick during their discussion and the two begin a bar-room brawl complete with crashing through the window onto the porch. Drawing the attention of the whole town, Carl and Jessie attempt to pull them apart, but after the two nearly kill each other Rick finally lets go. While waving around his gun, he proclaims Deanna's way of doing things dangerous. He mocks her by asking if she's going to kick him out... and in his speech nearly gives her reason to until Michonne puts an end to his tirade by knocking him out.
And so we are again left with the question of where the finale will take us. Will Rick seize power or will there be a conflict with an outside threat? Or some combination of the two? Perhaps Michonne will emerge as the clear-headed leader? With Nicholas, Father StabsYouInTheBack, and Rick himself practically proclaiming our crew to be evil, dangerous people, we at least know some internal conflict will continue. The sneak peeks so far reveal Rick recovering from his fight-wounds and Carol threatening Pete if he doesn't tend to Tara. Carol's been losing favor, you know, threatening kids and everything, so something is bound to happen to justify her behavior and bring her character back from Maleficentville similar to her saving the day at Terminus. We hope.
Gale Anne Hurd did promise that there would be blood, and not all of it Walker blood, in the finale. No one has been given the typical "swan song" episode lately, so it's anybody's guess at who's next on the chopping block. So bring your cheer sticks and your Kleenex, folks. Hard to say what's going to happen now.
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Monday, March 16, 2015
The Walking Dead: Season 5 Episode 14 WDF Review
Episode 14: Spend
Here we go again and Father Gabriel is being weird. That's fine, Gabe. Be weird, but it'll come back to haunt ya. Weird or mean people don't last long on this show.
The supply run gang is headed out to find replacement parts for the solar grid, and they force Eugene to accompany them since he knows what to look for. This is not going to go well, and predictably, it doesn't. Our crew gets in more scrapes and loses more redshirts during supply runs, sheesh. We say goodbye to Aiden, Alexandrian douchbag #1, after he yet again puts the lives of our crew in peril, proving the point that you can't be mean and last. Shortly thereafter, Noah bites it (or is bitten, a LOT) in a revolving door à la Independence Day window death right within inches of Glenn's face. A touch brutal. The good news is Eugene finally comes through for once to save an injured Tara and draw the walkers away from Glenn, who beats the crap out of Alexandrian Nicholas for trying to drive away without him.
Abraham is accompanying a group at a construction site gathering supplies for expanding Alexandria's wall when things go south with them, too. Overruling the group's foreman, Abraham kicks some ass and saves the day leading to the foreman (a man whose name no one can remember) to Deanna where he recommends promoting Abraham to lead the construction crew. Maggie is present in this scene, shadowing Deanna as a member of her "cabinet", which makes her feel a bit like an awkward secretary when you remember this is Maggie.
Sam is stalking Carol the Cookie Lady who is continuing to be just as ruthless as she's been lately. She tells him he has to go steal the chocolate if he wants her to make more, and when he does she is uncomfortably cold and stern about him not taking half because he didn't do half the work. He asks for one of the guns she stole, for "someone else" but won't say more. She deduces that Pete is abusive toward Jessie and perhaps Sam, and goes to tell Rick all about it. Welp, we know where this is going.
Lastly of note, Gabriel goes to tattle on Rick's group as "bad people" to Deanna, but what he doesn't know is that Maggie is there eaves dropping. Do you know what happens to people who hoard food for themselves in the zombie apocalypse, resulting in the deaths of most of your own congregation, and then proclaim others to be evil? We do. Or at least we know what should.
If you ever find yourself bored this week, just think about Officer Friendly out canvasing the Alexandrian neighborhood looking for an Owl Statue vandal. It's a bit of a goofy way for him to have spent the majority of this episode, but there it is.
We are continuing a jammed packed pace, racing in a full sprint toward a finale that's just two episodes away. The one thing one could be afraid of is that with so much time to be spent in Alexandria that the show could become too much about character development (the words "soap opera" have even been used), but the one thing we're not seeing yet, or even hinted toward, is a soap opera. So far Season 5 is shaping up to be one of the best seasons yet, even with Officer Friendly on Owl patrol.
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Here we go again and Father Gabriel is being weird. That's fine, Gabe. Be weird, but it'll come back to haunt ya. Weird or mean people don't last long on this show.
The supply run gang is headed out to find replacement parts for the solar grid, and they force Eugene to accompany them since he knows what to look for. This is not going to go well, and predictably, it doesn't. Our crew gets in more scrapes and loses more redshirts during supply runs, sheesh. We say goodbye to Aiden, Alexandrian douchbag #1, after he yet again puts the lives of our crew in peril, proving the point that you can't be mean and last. Shortly thereafter, Noah bites it (or is bitten, a LOT) in a revolving door à la Independence Day window death right within inches of Glenn's face. A touch brutal. The good news is Eugene finally comes through for once to save an injured Tara and draw the walkers away from Glenn, who beats the crap out of Alexandrian Nicholas for trying to drive away without him.
Abraham is accompanying a group at a construction site gathering supplies for expanding Alexandria's wall when things go south with them, too. Overruling the group's foreman, Abraham kicks some ass and saves the day leading to the foreman (a man whose name no one can remember) to Deanna where he recommends promoting Abraham to lead the construction crew. Maggie is present in this scene, shadowing Deanna as a member of her "cabinet", which makes her feel a bit like an awkward secretary when you remember this is Maggie.
Sam is stalking Carol the Cookie Lady who is continuing to be just as ruthless as she's been lately. She tells him he has to go steal the chocolate if he wants her to make more, and when he does she is uncomfortably cold and stern about him not taking half because he didn't do half the work. He asks for one of the guns she stole, for "someone else" but won't say more. She deduces that Pete is abusive toward Jessie and perhaps Sam, and goes to tell Rick all about it. Welp, we know where this is going.
Lastly of note, Gabriel goes to tattle on Rick's group as "bad people" to Deanna, but what he doesn't know is that Maggie is there eaves dropping. Do you know what happens to people who hoard food for themselves in the zombie apocalypse, resulting in the deaths of most of your own congregation, and then proclaim others to be evil? We do. Or at least we know what should.
If you ever find yourself bored this week, just think about Officer Friendly out canvasing the Alexandrian neighborhood looking for an Owl Statue vandal. It's a bit of a goofy way for him to have spent the majority of this episode, but there it is.
We are continuing a jammed packed pace, racing in a full sprint toward a finale that's just two episodes away. The one thing one could be afraid of is that with so much time to be spent in Alexandria that the show could become too much about character development (the words "soap opera" have even been used), but the one thing we're not seeing yet, or even hinted toward, is a soap opera. So far Season 5 is shaping up to be one of the best seasons yet, even with Officer Friendly on Owl patrol.
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Monday, March 9, 2015
The Walking Dead: Season 5 Episode 13 WDF Review
Episode 13: Forget
While our survivors continue to awkwardly settle into "civilized" life in Alexandria, the theme of the day is 're-house training our wild animals'.
For such a low-action episode (being centered around a welcome party), this episode is so cram packed full of information and character development that it's hard to remember it all without watching two or three times. Instead of giving a play-by-play (that would be a novel), we'll just give a very brief synopsis with our final thoughts.
This, our friends, was some damn fine writing. Some are worried that an extended stay in Alexandria will convert the show into a soap opera, but if the writing keeps up with this pacing and standard it would be a good thing. We have successfully established where everyone is emotionally and where we could be heading, in the midst and context of this surreal cocktail party. The whole episode nearly felt very dreamlike as our survivors sipped wine from stemware in their clean party outfits, in the middle of the zombie apocalypse.
Rick, Daryl, and Carol have all but planned an all out coup, but by the end Daryl is wanting to work it from the inside after Aaron gives him Eric's job as co-recruiter and a "new" bike, hinting that Daryl may splinter from the group as some have speculated. Oh Daryl, you're too easily bought! Carol has once again shown her penchant for being the classic Disney witch; syrupy sweet until you get her alone and then she threatens to snatch you from your bed and leave you to die alone tied to a tree. Rick, as some have foreseen, has clearly taken a liking to Jessie and is entertaining thoughts of eliminating the competition (her husband, Pete). Sasha does not believe in the sanctuary of Alexandria and clearly believes them all to be deluding themselves. Michonne, on the other hand, decides to retire her katana as a wall hanging over the fireplace and dons her Deputy's jacket. Everyone else seems to be adjusting rather well.
As far as Alexandria herself is concerned, our band of survivors are very likely going to end up bad news. They have brought in with them their hardness and understanding that in this new world you have to take and kill to survive. They seem poised to convert the idyllic sanctuary into a hybrid settlement somewhere between Woodbury and the Prison with a dash of Terminus, preparing them for war with outsiders if confronted. After all, what better to do with the lessons learned from those failed camps than apply what worked from each of them to this one?
There are just three episodes left this season and we seem to be gearing up toward some sort of conflict that will cement Rick and crew as the leadership in Alexandria for the foreseeable future. There may be a coup, but there may not be a need for one if the conflict is from an outside source that our guys fend off. Someone will die, and it's probably going to be more than just poor Pete the #PorchDick. If Carol sprouts big horns and her eyes turn red again it might just be her time.
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While our survivors continue to awkwardly settle into "civilized" life in Alexandria, the theme of the day is 're-house training our wild animals'.
For such a low-action episode (being centered around a welcome party), this episode is so cram packed full of information and character development that it's hard to remember it all without watching two or three times. Instead of giving a play-by-play (that would be a novel), we'll just give a very brief synopsis with our final thoughts.
This, our friends, was some damn fine writing. Some are worried that an extended stay in Alexandria will convert the show into a soap opera, but if the writing keeps up with this pacing and standard it would be a good thing. We have successfully established where everyone is emotionally and where we could be heading, in the midst and context of this surreal cocktail party. The whole episode nearly felt very dreamlike as our survivors sipped wine from stemware in their clean party outfits, in the middle of the zombie apocalypse.
Rick, Daryl, and Carol have all but planned an all out coup, but by the end Daryl is wanting to work it from the inside after Aaron gives him Eric's job as co-recruiter and a "new" bike, hinting that Daryl may splinter from the group as some have speculated. Oh Daryl, you're too easily bought! Carol has once again shown her penchant for being the classic Disney witch; syrupy sweet until you get her alone and then she threatens to snatch you from your bed and leave you to die alone tied to a tree. Rick, as some have foreseen, has clearly taken a liking to Jessie and is entertaining thoughts of eliminating the competition (her husband, Pete). Sasha does not believe in the sanctuary of Alexandria and clearly believes them all to be deluding themselves. Michonne, on the other hand, decides to retire her katana as a wall hanging over the fireplace and dons her Deputy's jacket. Everyone else seems to be adjusting rather well.
As far as Alexandria herself is concerned, our band of survivors are very likely going to end up bad news. They have brought in with them their hardness and understanding that in this new world you have to take and kill to survive. They seem poised to convert the idyllic sanctuary into a hybrid settlement somewhere between Woodbury and the Prison with a dash of Terminus, preparing them for war with outsiders if confronted. After all, what better to do with the lessons learned from those failed camps than apply what worked from each of them to this one?
There are just three episodes left this season and we seem to be gearing up toward some sort of conflict that will cement Rick and crew as the leadership in Alexandria for the foreseeable future. There may be a coup, but there may not be a need for one if the conflict is from an outside source that our guys fend off. Someone will die, and it's probably going to be more than just poor Pete the #PorchDick. If Carol sprouts big horns and her eyes turn red again it might just be her time.
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Monday, March 2, 2015
The Walking Dead: Season 5 Episode 12 WDF Review
Episode 12: Remember
As we're welcomed intoWoodbury, er, um, Terminus, no! Alexandria, we're shuffled off to meet The Gover... Mar... dang it, DEANNA, the leader of Alexandria and a former congress woman. We're becoming all too familiar with this scenario: turn over your weapons, we're here to help you if you help us... only Deanna does seem a tad less psycho. She actually seems very intelligent and less manipulative, and it leads the viewer along with our survivors to walk the line between wanting to believe in sanctuary at long last and being cautious.
It's always a breath of fresh air to watch the group get a chance to get their feet back beneath them. A hot shower, a 20 minute tooth brushing, and a hair cut are all things that become scarce in the zombie apocalypse, though fighting with walking rotten flesh all the time must mean you're less likely to smell yourself. It's a wonder how walkers sneak up on anyone, ever, given you'd never want to be within smellshot of one. Everyone is understandably skeptical and finding it difficult to adjust to a more "normal" life in a neighborhood with houses that most of us will only ever dream of getting to live in one day, including Rick who reminisces about driving through similar neighborhoods with Lori.
Our band of survivors have turned into dirty feral outdoor cats that have now been placed back inside and told to behave, and this episode is just as awkward as you'd expect it to be. It was very well played to convey this feeling of high anxiety softened by moments of unexpected trust, like a baby deer flailing its knobby legs around in uncertain panic until it's mother helps to steady it on its feet. Only our baby deer have weapons and aren't afraid to use them.
Deanna is interviewing each member of our team individually and video taping it which is sure to work back into the story at some point in some poignant way. Rick warns her to keep her gates closed because of what people are willing to do to survive now. Everyone is classic... everyone, except for Carol, who has taken it upon herself to portray herself as a Stepford Wife whose purity and innocence led the rest of the group to protect her. After fumbling with her guns as if she doesn't know how to use them, she creepily dons a powder blue cardi and trots off to join a meals-on-wheels group.
Carl and Judith are making quite the splash, and while he is obviously confused and conflicted when confronted with "normal teenagery" such as playing video games with other kids, he partakes but understands the group can't allow itself to become complacent and 'weak' in this community.
Of course there's always got to be at least one asshat, and Alexandria so far has two: The husband of the welcome-wagon wife (who volunteered to cut Rick's hair) who is clearly less than enthused about the alone time Rick spent with his wife, and Deanna's son who, like others we've seen in the past, treat walkers like some sort of game to be played and nearly gets Tara killed in the process while demanding that Glenn and the rest of the 'supply run crew' follow his rules. At least his mother acknowledges her son is an asshat.
Finally, Rick is appointed "Constable" with Michonne as his trusty deputy. Back to clean shaven and wearing a uniform for the first time since Season Two, we feel perfectly transported back in time. For the first time our group is confronted with this new reality: how to live in a structured suburban "society" after becoming so hardened by living in the lawless wilds. Sure, they rigged up showers at the prison, but they didn't have hot water on carrara marble.
All in all while it was a slower paced episode with less action and walker kills than normal, it was very interesting and well shot. Flashing back & forth between the interview sessions and life settling in to the new place is not a new technique by any means but was well implemented here.
We understand that in the comic the group stays in Alexandria for at least three years, so we know we're likely settling in for the long haul here. After all, the behind-the-scenes information imparted during The Talking Dead did mention building some of the houses we're seeing on screen, which is not an expense that would have been undertaken if we weren't going to be there a while. We're looking forward to exploring how a more "normal" life will affect our ragtag band of hardened survivors, particularly Rick who is stepping back behind a badge for the first time since the apocalypse began, and Daryl who will have no excuses for staying stinky.
P.S. (We're starting a betting pool for how long it takes Carol to get Daryl to bathe.)
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As we're welcomed into
It's always a breath of fresh air to watch the group get a chance to get their feet back beneath them. A hot shower, a 20 minute tooth brushing, and a hair cut are all things that become scarce in the zombie apocalypse, though fighting with walking rotten flesh all the time must mean you're less likely to smell yourself. It's a wonder how walkers sneak up on anyone, ever, given you'd never want to be within smellshot of one. Everyone is understandably skeptical and finding it difficult to adjust to a more "normal" life in a neighborhood with houses that most of us will only ever dream of getting to live in one day, including Rick who reminisces about driving through similar neighborhoods with Lori.
Our band of survivors have turned into dirty feral outdoor cats that have now been placed back inside and told to behave, and this episode is just as awkward as you'd expect it to be. It was very well played to convey this feeling of high anxiety softened by moments of unexpected trust, like a baby deer flailing its knobby legs around in uncertain panic until it's mother helps to steady it on its feet. Only our baby deer have weapons and aren't afraid to use them.
Deanna is interviewing each member of our team individually and video taping it which is sure to work back into the story at some point in some poignant way. Rick warns her to keep her gates closed because of what people are willing to do to survive now. Everyone is classic... everyone, except for Carol, who has taken it upon herself to portray herself as a Stepford Wife whose purity and innocence led the rest of the group to protect her. After fumbling with her guns as if she doesn't know how to use them, she creepily dons a powder blue cardi and trots off to join a meals-on-wheels group.
Carl and Judith are making quite the splash, and while he is obviously confused and conflicted when confronted with "normal teenagery" such as playing video games with other kids, he partakes but understands the group can't allow itself to become complacent and 'weak' in this community.
Of course there's always got to be at least one asshat, and Alexandria so far has two: The husband of the welcome-wagon wife (who volunteered to cut Rick's hair) who is clearly less than enthused about the alone time Rick spent with his wife, and Deanna's son who, like others we've seen in the past, treat walkers like some sort of game to be played and nearly gets Tara killed in the process while demanding that Glenn and the rest of the 'supply run crew' follow his rules. At least his mother acknowledges her son is an asshat.
Finally, Rick is appointed "Constable" with Michonne as his trusty deputy. Back to clean shaven and wearing a uniform for the first time since Season Two, we feel perfectly transported back in time. For the first time our group is confronted with this new reality: how to live in a structured suburban "society" after becoming so hardened by living in the lawless wilds. Sure, they rigged up showers at the prison, but they didn't have hot water on carrara marble.
All in all while it was a slower paced episode with less action and walker kills than normal, it was very interesting and well shot. Flashing back & forth between the interview sessions and life settling in to the new place is not a new technique by any means but was well implemented here.
We understand that in the comic the group stays in Alexandria for at least three years, so we know we're likely settling in for the long haul here. After all, the behind-the-scenes information imparted during The Talking Dead did mention building some of the houses we're seeing on screen, which is not an expense that would have been undertaken if we weren't going to be there a while. We're looking forward to exploring how a more "normal" life will affect our ragtag band of hardened survivors, particularly Rick who is stepping back behind a badge for the first time since the apocalypse began, and Daryl who will have no excuses for staying stinky.
P.S. (We're starting a betting pool for how long it takes Carol to get Daryl to bathe.)
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Sunday, March 1, 2015
The Walking Dead: Season 5 Episode 11 WDF Review
Episode 11: The Distance
Since we missed writing this review in a timely fashion we'll just be brief. After exercising caution, the group decides to travel back to Aaron's "camp" which we now have confirmation is Alexandria. Traveling separately in a car and an RV with a nostalgic nod toward Dale and his mentoring of Glenn, the group is briefly separated in a harrowing drive straight through a small hoard in the road. By the end, though, we're reunited and meet Eric, Aaron's fellow "recruiter" and lover. The next day we arrive outside the gates of Alexandria, hearing children playing on the other side of the wall which reassures a skeptical Rick. Now we're set up for an extended stay, since in the comic the group stays in Alexandria for years.
We're sure to be in for tons of character development before the next big threat is revealed. We do know Rick at least gets a much needed shave and hopefully Daryl will finally get a bath. The general consensus is that the pacing up to this point has improved, and we're happy to have the group back together since the back half of season four was painful. We're excited to meet the new characters and their cast members and can't wait to see how they influence our band of survivors. Oh, and Morgan! Can't wait for him to be reunited with Rick and finally take his place as a regular! We've been missing the slight comic relief we've been given in smatterings in the past so hopefully we can have some good times ahead, though we did hear that before the end of the season Daryl is supposed to end up in peril, though it would hardly be a smart decision to kill off the hands-down fan favorite. Just five episodes left until we're stuck for seven more months of anticipation!
Since we missed writing this review in a timely fashion we'll just be brief. After exercising caution, the group decides to travel back to Aaron's "camp" which we now have confirmation is Alexandria. Traveling separately in a car and an RV with a nostalgic nod toward Dale and his mentoring of Glenn, the group is briefly separated in a harrowing drive straight through a small hoard in the road. By the end, though, we're reunited and meet Eric, Aaron's fellow "recruiter" and lover. The next day we arrive outside the gates of Alexandria, hearing children playing on the other side of the wall which reassures a skeptical Rick. Now we're set up for an extended stay, since in the comic the group stays in Alexandria for years.
We're sure to be in for tons of character development before the next big threat is revealed. We do know Rick at least gets a much needed shave and hopefully Daryl will finally get a bath. The general consensus is that the pacing up to this point has improved, and we're happy to have the group back together since the back half of season four was painful. We're excited to meet the new characters and their cast members and can't wait to see how they influence our band of survivors. Oh, and Morgan! Can't wait for him to be reunited with Rick and finally take his place as a regular! We've been missing the slight comic relief we've been given in smatterings in the past so hopefully we can have some good times ahead, though we did hear that before the end of the season Daryl is supposed to end up in peril, though it would hardly be a smart decision to kill off the hands-down fan favorite. Just five episodes left until we're stuck for seven more months of anticipation!
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