Episode 7: Time for After
This week we catch back up with Rick, who's been held captive in a truck container since last week in nothing but his boxer shorts. Just like the last time he tried negotiating with the Garbage Pail kids, he has to fight them into submission but ultimately they do agree to his terms... they join him to fight the Saviors and receive 1/4 of the loot they take.
In the meantime, Eugene is having a heckuva time resisting being pulled back to the light side by both Gabriel and Dwight, individually. Dwight is still stealthily fighting to overthrow Negan and restore civility to the land at large, on behalf of Rick and his multi-pronged army. Gabriel is extremely sick, without access to meds, and may die but still wants Eugene to do the right thing. By the end of the episode, Eugene's desire to prioritize self-preservation and stay on Negan's coattails wins out even though we were hoping he'd turn his loyalties back to Team Family.
Daryl, Rosita, Michonne, and Tara make it to The Sanctuary and plan to ram the garbage truck into the side of the building to flood it full of walkers. Rosita and Michonne bow out, preferring to refer back to Rick's guidance and go back to Alexandria, so Daryl and Tara just team up with the Team Family snipers (led by Morgan) who were previously posted around the perimeter to make sure no Saviors attempt to flee. It works... sort of... when the workers on the floor of The Sanctuary are forced up to the 2nd level of the building, but by the time Rick arrives with the Garbage Pail Kids in tow, the courtyard of The Sanctuary is empty and it appears that the Saviors have all escaped.
Next week we find Negan back at Alexandria trying to take control again, which is sure not to go over quite as easily as it did previously given the Savior's dwindling numbers. As the mid-season finale, it is being touted as containing a gossip-worthy development (which this season so far desperately needs) so hold onto your hats and hope all your favorites make it out alive!!
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Monday, December 4, 2017
The Walking Dead: Season 8 Episode 6 WDF Review
Episode 6: The King, The Widow, and Rick
Another quick recap to catch us up before the Mid-Season: we'll make it quick since we still have another episode to write up today.
Ezekiel is still grappling with the loss of Shiva and his army, but Carol convinces him he is still the right leader for this group. Rick goes to negotiate (again) with the Garbage Pail kids but ends up imprisoned instead. Michonne and Rosita have decided to "end the war" themselves but run into Daryl who was off on the same "mission" himself, so the three join up and head for The Sanctuary. Carl finds Siddiq, the man Rick scared off when he asked Carl for help, and befriends him... so we have a new Alexandrian. Lastly, Maggie and Jesus disagree on how to manage their POWs but in the end build a containment camp inside the walls of Hilltop where they can be kept... including their own wolf in sheep's clothing, Gregory.
So, basically, we're still inching ever so slowly toward some sort of climax, and that climax had better be good!
The big revelation this week came from The Talking Dead instead, where it was announced that Morgan, played by Lennie James, will be a crossover character into the world of Fear The Walking Dead. Now, speculation has run rampant that it would be Abe (and that's what we were hoping for, since it would mean we'd get more time with the Character, and it just made logistical sense given that his journey toward Washington DC had started out toward that way). The actors appeared to be eluding toward the Morgan character leaving the main show altogether (they stated they had said their tearful goodbyes at the end of filming), but Gimple insisted we didn't know yet where Morgan's story would go. He wouldn't be able to stay too long in the world of FTWD, since to get there he would have needed to leave Georgia with his son when Rick left for Atlanta, and then come right back to King County (for the CLEAR episode) before the fall of the prison, which in show time was just a year or so after they parted ways the first time.
Again this was another odd "inch by inch" episode, which to be honest are starting to aggravate a lot of viewers. When the cast/producers talked about "nonstop action" this season we didn't think they meant more fighting each other and walkers than The Saviors... but squabbles happen when you've been cooped up too long together.
Another quick recap to catch us up before the Mid-Season: we'll make it quick since we still have another episode to write up today.
Ezekiel is still grappling with the loss of Shiva and his army, but Carol convinces him he is still the right leader for this group. Rick goes to negotiate (again) with the Garbage Pail kids but ends up imprisoned instead. Michonne and Rosita have decided to "end the war" themselves but run into Daryl who was off on the same "mission" himself, so the three join up and head for The Sanctuary. Carl finds Siddiq, the man Rick scared off when he asked Carl for help, and befriends him... so we have a new Alexandrian. Lastly, Maggie and Jesus disagree on how to manage their POWs but in the end build a containment camp inside the walls of Hilltop where they can be kept... including their own wolf in sheep's clothing, Gregory.
So, basically, we're still inching ever so slowly toward some sort of climax, and that climax had better be good!
The big revelation this week came from The Talking Dead instead, where it was announced that Morgan, played by Lennie James, will be a crossover character into the world of Fear The Walking Dead. Now, speculation has run rampant that it would be Abe (and that's what we were hoping for, since it would mean we'd get more time with the Character, and it just made logistical sense given that his journey toward Washington DC had started out toward that way). The actors appeared to be eluding toward the Morgan character leaving the main show altogether (they stated they had said their tearful goodbyes at the end of filming), but Gimple insisted we didn't know yet where Morgan's story would go. He wouldn't be able to stay too long in the world of FTWD, since to get there he would have needed to leave Georgia with his son when Rick left for Atlanta, and then come right back to King County (for the CLEAR episode) before the fall of the prison, which in show time was just a year or so after they parted ways the first time.
Again this was another odd "inch by inch" episode, which to be honest are starting to aggravate a lot of viewers. When the cast/producers talked about "nonstop action" this season we didn't think they meant more fighting each other and walkers than The Saviors... but squabbles happen when you've been cooped up too long together.
The Walking Dead: Season 8 Episode 5 WDF Review
Episode 5: The Big Scary U
We're a couple of weeks late posting this so we thought we'd just do a (very) quick summary to get us caught back up:
This episode focuses on three primary "groups": The Saviors dealing with "the workers" in near revolt, Rick & Daryl having a spat about how to proceed next with their goal of restoring peace to the land, and Gabe & Negan having a heart to heart before escaping the trailer and making their way to the main Sanctuary building. Spoiler: The Saviors squelch the revolt just in time for Negan to make it back to them and Rick & Daryl survive their fight to bro another day.
The big "holy crap" of the night was Rick spotting a helicopter flying overhead while he was out alone after he and Daryl made up and parted ways. Helicopters never mean anything good in this show.
Since we have a little catching up to do before the Mid-Season next week, that's the best we'll do on this episode. Unfortunately it also represents the amount of forward progress we made. The rumbles that this season are turning out to be a big old dud are getting louder, but we're holding out hope it can still turn around.
We're a couple of weeks late posting this so we thought we'd just do a (very) quick summary to get us caught back up:
This episode focuses on three primary "groups": The Saviors dealing with "the workers" in near revolt, Rick & Daryl having a spat about how to proceed next with their goal of restoring peace to the land, and Gabe & Negan having a heart to heart before escaping the trailer and making their way to the main Sanctuary building. Spoiler: The Saviors squelch the revolt just in time for Negan to make it back to them and Rick & Daryl survive their fight to bro another day.
The big "holy crap" of the night was Rick spotting a helicopter flying overhead while he was out alone after he and Daryl made up and parted ways. Helicopters never mean anything good in this show.
Since we have a little catching up to do before the Mid-Season next week, that's the best we'll do on this episode. Unfortunately it also represents the amount of forward progress we made. The rumbles that this season are turning out to be a big old dud are getting louder, but we're holding out hope it can still turn around.
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