Episode 1: First Time Again
Here we are back again for the Season 6 Premiere and we're loving the fact that AMC seems to have made 90 minutes the default length of premieres. That, and they have consistently used Greg Nicotero as director for premieres since Season Four, which he seems exceptionally skilled at. Yes, please, thank you!
Here we pick right back up where we left off. Sort of. We're flashing back and forth with the flashbacks all in black and white. We get a couple more than average moments of comedic relief (which is a hands down favorite to this mod), the most memorable being Morgan asking Michonne if she took a protein bar from his apartment when she, Rick, and Carl visited in Season Three. Though we only ever saw her eating his chips, we have the sense that she totally lied when she denied taking that bar.
Rick has discovered how Alexandria has been kept safe from walker hoards... there is a quarry nearby with trucks blocking the exits that has been acting as a giant walker trap. They have been sliding and falling into the stadium sized pit and now number in the thousands, just waiting to break free to cause their slothful, munchy havoc en masse. Though he is proving unpopular with some of the Alexandrites, Rick has come up with a preemptive plan to lure the hoard miles away from Alexandria where the massive hoard cannot destroy the town a la Hershel's Farm. Unfortunately TWD is a world in which Murphy's Law ultimately rules and not only does the plan have to be unexpectedly executed early when the hoard breaks through one of the exits while the team is there to do a dry run, but goes all kinds of wrong thanks to an unknown saboteur. Lizzie?! Are you back?
The whole ordeal is beyond epic and has become one of our favorite episodes to date. We were warned there were more walkers than ever seen before and it took them no time at all to hit us with them. It was an immensely satisfying premiere and warranted all the hoopla it received, such as the red carpet premiere taking place in Madison Square Garden, complete with a dramatic entrance by Reedus driving Daryl's new bike up on stage. We end the episode not wanting it to end... and that's how you know they've done their job. So what's next for our crew and the massive hoard the likes of which have never been seen before, on the loose and headed straight for home? We shall see. Yes, in time we will all see.
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