Hm, an hour long episode? Oh damn, but not complaining though! Let's talk about the flashbacks first. Some of them gotta be among my favourite moments ever in the Walking Dead so far, like we hadn't gotten much flashbacks in a while, and seeing the initial outbreak is just honestly terrifying. However after seeing the miraculous birth of Laurent, I of course can't help finding one particular similarity between Laurent and-you guessed it-Ellie from the Last of Us. I'm not complaining about that either, because I know that this trope is not rare in the zombie culture where a baby is born as the cure to humanity. It's just that I hope they weave this plot point into their own take, in oppose to the Last of Us.
Aside from that, the rest of the episode is pretty good. I find the children community a bit generic, and feel that they could do something more with them, so I hope they do that in the future episodes. And the main theme of telling lies or the truth is pretty symbolic too. It really sent Daryl, Isabelle and a few other characters in their own moral dilemma, but it's funny because either way someone's bound to get hurt; it's just the matter of how much the pain will they recieve more.
Overall, this episode is great, very great. I'm already liking this show more than Dead City, hell maybe even more than all the spinoffs as of right now. I hope this show doesn't fall out at the end because really, this show has a lot of potential to be a worthy spinoff.
Aside from that, the rest of the episode is pretty good. I find the children community a bit generic, and feel that they could do something more with them, so I hope they do that in the future episodes. And the main theme of telling lies or the truth is pretty symbolic too. It really sent Daryl, Isabelle and a few other characters in their own moral dilemma, but it's funny because either way someone's bound to get hurt; it's just the matter of how much the pain will they recieve more.
Overall, this episode is great, very great. I'm already liking this show more than Dead City, hell maybe even more than all the spinoffs as of right now. I hope this show doesn't fall out at the end because really, this show has a lot of potential to be a worthy spinoff.