On this week’s episode of The Screening Club Podcast I refer to The Walking Dead as a roller coaster of quality. Through the years, the show has gone from some of the finest stuff on TV to some of the most inane filler in recent memory. Right now we are in a small plateau of quality. The fun is still there, the characters are charming, but it isn’t shot or written particularly well.
This episode should have been a triumphant show of force for what this show can do when it has a budget. The battle for Alexandria should have been something akin to The Watchers on the Wall. Instead, it was a mediocre gun battle punctuated by some fun moments. For every cool lion attack, we got a handful of shots of people shooting at things off-screen and missing. Boring.
The main string through this episode was Sasha. Being in the coffin, having those flashbacks, dying, then starting the war with her zombified body. Those flashbacks with Abraham were the emotion core of the finale, but they fell completely flat because the writers clearly made up the scene to fit perfectly with the arc of the episode. It would have been so much more impactful if that scene was a real scene that happened last season. I would have marveled at how well they did with foreshadowing. This ended up feeling lazy.
Despite the laziness, the show has done a good job giving The Saviors the time they need to really become vilified. Negan is so likable and so fun to watch on screen that at times you can kind of see where he is coming from. (In some very limited cases) I’m glad this season finale started the war, it was time. I just wish it was done in a more well thought out fashion.
Quick Thoughts:
- The Scavengers “twist” this episode was so stupid and just a way to turn the tables on our characters without doing and storytelling legwork. Lazy.
- Some people think King Ezekiel is cheesy, but I think Khary Payton plays him pitch perfect. I loved his speech when he charged in to save Alexandria. Let’s get some more of him next season.
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by Christopher Moore
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