The stupidity of the writing isn't even baffling at this point because this has been the standard for at least a few seasons now. How on earth do the writers keep making the same mistakes over and over and over? Do they know and just not care or they really just that incompetent? They should rename this show to The Walking Plot Armour because that's genuinely what it's become. The first fight sequence involving Daryl was imbecilic on so many levels. Daryl is supposed to be intelligent, cool, and extremely calculated, but that is certainly not what I saw here. Why is he even going for Alpha anyways, didn't he just scold Carol for doing the same literally last episode? Obligatory arrow hitting an extra and not the main villain who is literally stood right there btw. So Daryl and Alpha slash each other up and somehow survive copious amounts of bleeding, okay. Lydia somehow also magically knows where they are, and is apparently now a medic.
Gabriel's character has also been completely destroyed. The man who once vowed to never ever kill and was petrified of the act, is now bloodthirsty, smug about murdering, and advocating torture techniques. Character development is supposed to actually make sense. Chuck in the usual TWD trope of "you stay here I'll go. No I'm going. No you stay. No I'm not staying." Do they not get tired of writing the same thing over and over?
There was yet more stupidity littered throughout this episode. Laura could literally have beheaded Beta there and then but decided to hold an axe to his throat and just stand there. Like what??? No one attempted to make sure he was dead when he got shot, no one made any kind of effort to actually kill him. The plot armour is just incredible, truly.
The only things keeping this show from being completely all the way trash is occasional moments of nice characterisation (such as Alpha and Lydia) and also formal elements. I am a big fan of the cinematography, that's one thing they've definitely got right. The sequence where Beta first enters Alexandria is also really excellently shot and genuinely makes him out to be a fearsome, completely deranged villain. It's a shame the writing ruins all this.
Low 6
Gabriel's character has also been completely destroyed. The man who once vowed to never ever kill and was petrified of the act, is now bloodthirsty, smug about murdering, and advocating torture techniques. Character development is supposed to actually make sense. Chuck in the usual TWD trope of "you stay here I'll go. No I'm going. No you stay. No I'm not staying." Do they not get tired of writing the same thing over and over?
There was yet more stupidity littered throughout this episode. Laura could literally have beheaded Beta there and then but decided to hold an axe to his throat and just stand there. Like what??? No one attempted to make sure he was dead when he got shot, no one made any kind of effort to actually kill him. The plot armour is just incredible, truly.
The only things keeping this show from being completely all the way trash is occasional moments of nice characterisation (such as Alpha and Lydia) and also formal elements. I am a big fan of the cinematography, that's one thing they've definitely got right. The sequence where Beta first enters Alexandria is also really excellently shot and genuinely makes him out to be a fearsome, completely deranged villain. It's a shame the writing ruins all this.
Low 6