Here it is! This is it! This is the episode that makes up for the mediocrity of the past two episodes.
The suspense, doubt, hope, fear, emotion - it was *all* present!
I was bewildered with how good this episode was. After the past two episodes I was almost certain that this show had become awful and beyond repair.
The new characters are refreshing and thankfully quite interesting; the power struggle (maybe struggle isn't quite the right word...development?) between Rick and Michonne was compelling; Walkers were finally scary again in the scene in the dark when Glenn was driving through the horde; the Walker-flare-head-lantern was awesome; the fear of not knowing who fired the flare was genuine; and the uncertainty and the self-conflict of wanting to let hope take over and trust the strangers vs trusting your instincts ran rampant throughout the episode.
The success of this episode truly comes from the uncertainty: we don't know if they can be trusted, we don't know what's behind those walls, we don't know for certain the kind of people the two new strangers are, and we don't know if trusting them was the right move or in fact the biggest mistake they've made to date.
I understand that some may criticise that it's just a rinse and repeat of what we've seen before (with regard to the new safe-haven) and I would agree; however, this seems far more promising than the Governor's town of Woodbury. I feel that this is what we've been waiting for. And if the rest of the season remains as phenomenal as this episode was then we're all set!
Could this be it? Is this really what they've been waiting for? Rick isn't so sure, and his gut has a habit of being right. I guess we'll just have to wait and see!
The suspense, doubt, hope, fear, emotion - it was *all* present!
I was bewildered with how good this episode was. After the past two episodes I was almost certain that this show had become awful and beyond repair.
The new characters are refreshing and thankfully quite interesting; the power struggle (maybe struggle isn't quite the right word...development?) between Rick and Michonne was compelling; Walkers were finally scary again in the scene in the dark when Glenn was driving through the horde; the Walker-flare-head-lantern was awesome; the fear of not knowing who fired the flare was genuine; and the uncertainty and the self-conflict of wanting to let hope take over and trust the strangers vs trusting your instincts ran rampant throughout the episode.
The success of this episode truly comes from the uncertainty: we don't know if they can be trusted, we don't know what's behind those walls, we don't know for certain the kind of people the two new strangers are, and we don't know if trusting them was the right move or in fact the biggest mistake they've made to date.
I understand that some may criticise that it's just a rinse and repeat of what we've seen before (with regard to the new safe-haven) and I would agree; however, this seems far more promising than the Governor's town of Woodbury. I feel that this is what we've been waiting for. And if the rest of the season remains as phenomenal as this episode was then we're all set!
Could this be it? Is this really what they've been waiting for? Rick isn't so sure, and his gut has a habit of being right. I guess we'll just have to wait and see!