User Reviews

I'm still waiting for that turning point where it'll suddenly become a good show. It's not awful and it's not great...it's below average. Something to put on while not having to fully concentrate. I don't care for most of the people in it and just want more CRM stuff to find out more about Rick Grimes!!!! Let's hope the acting gets better soon 😩

What the hell are you doing with our favorite show and most of all is it going to last more? i can't find something to keep the 10 so i'm going to 6 bring the show back or just stop this wasted money or do some intersting changes!!!!!

The Endlings arrive at the Mississippi River where all of the bridges were destroyed by the military when things went bad, necessitating a boat crossing. However, there are no boats available, forcing the group to build their own makeshift boat out of supplies that they are able to scavenge from the area. Hope learns of Felix's plan to enlist Elton's help to turn the group around and angrily confronts them both about their behavior. Felix later admits to Iris that he needs Leo and his boyfriend Will to be alright because Felix was originally supposed to be the one to go before Leo asked him to stay behind and look after Hope and Iris for him.

With a herd closing in, the claustrophobic Elton is forced to crawl under the boat and fix a problem, but it is ultimately Felix who enables the boat launch just when it seems like they will have to abandon it. The Endlings successfully cross the river into Illinois where Huck departs on a scouting mission for a couple of days. In flashbacks, it's revealed that a five-year old Elton was the only survivor when the museum that his father worked at fell due to his father hiding Elton in a box in his office. Elton subsequently discovered that his father had turned and been put down by soldiers before Elton made his way to the Campus Colony on his own. While comforting Elton, Hope discovers that she had killed his mother on the Night the Sky Fell. Hearing a noise in the woods next to their camp, the Endlings encounter a teenage boy armed with a stick.

Episode five of "The Walking Dead: World Beyond," titled "Madman Across the Water," takes the young survivors on a challenging journey that tests their ingenuity and teamwork. The central focus of the episode is the group's attempt to cross a river, an endeavor that requires them to construct a makeshift raft from materials scavenged around an abandoned boathouse. This setting not only adds a sense of urgency and danger to their quest but also serves as a metaphor for the turbulent waters they must navigate in their interpersonal relationships.

As the group gathers materials and begins building the raft, the episode delves into the dynamics between the characters, particularly focusing on tensions and unresolved issues. Elton's backstory becomes a focal point, revealing his troubled past through a series of flashbacks that intertwine with the present challenges.

The process of building the raft serves as a critical test of the group's ability to work together. The scenes are well-executed, mixing technical survival skills with character development. Challenges arise not only from the physical task of constructing a viable raft but also from the interpersonal conflicts that escalate under pressure. The episode effectively uses these moments to highlight both the strengths and weaknesses of each character, making the storyline engaging and dynamic.

"Madman Across the Water" balances action with character exploration. The metaphor of navigating troubled waters is executed with finesse, reflecting both the literal and figurative challenges the group faces. While the episode excels in developing the backstory of Elton and building tension through survival challenges, it occasionally suffers from pacing issues, with some scenes feeling slightly drawn out. However, these moments do not significantly detract from the overall impact of the episode.

What an absolute bore fest. This takes episode padding to a new level. Poor scripts, dreadful acting and nothing to pique my interest so far, apart from those small insights in to what the CRM are all about (which this episode was lacking).

I think I'm about to give up on this show.

More horrible writing. More terrible, lame, backstory. Far too many flashbacks. Still way too much smiling. This is a terrible show with some of the worst writing ever. Omaha is 670 miles to the shore of the Mississippi. Are we expected to believe that these dilly-dallying unrealistic teens who are still way too clean, covered that distance this quickly? I'm giving up.

The dialogue is sooooo bad. These are low rent actors for sure but what they have to spout is even worse. Story line is just terrible and these people are enhancing that handicap. Horrible show. Just pathetic.

The writing and the acting are not getting better. I rolled my eyes so hard and so often watching this episode that I am surprised I didn't pass out.

If they can't take out these people, they'd never be able to get normally competent people. Maybe the dead just figure that these kids are too dumb to eat.

The discussion about how to make a steam boiler is pure baloney. It will kill everybody.

A show about the stupidest people on earth.

They can't find anything to burn while they are standing next to a broken down wooden dock?

...and the horrible writing continues. Very inconvincible acting. These actors do not have a very high likability factor. At this stage you hope they will get bitten en just ..... disappear.

Please take it off air and let everyone involved go with their dignity somehow intact.....

Still is excruciatingly slow, still a portrayal of the weakest of humanity.

Apparently, these whiny little Gen Z emo babies don't want anyone or anything to die, including the zombies who happen to already be dead and are trying to kill them.

What I want to die is this awful, misguided, mis-cast, poorly-acted, and poorly-written series to disappear into obscurity so that we can all forget that it was ever part of the Walking Dead universe.

(Oops, did I say that in my out loud voice??)

I keep plodding along with this show because I still really enjoy the "mother ship" show ( but do not enjoy FTWD ). This show, especially this episode, suffers from woeful dialogue and painful acting....... I don't know what I was expecting a "Teenage Dead" show to be.... but I did expect better. Calling the Walkers "empties" is so bizarre it's compoundingly frustrating.... just call them "Walkers"... it's a TWD Universe.... someone should be calling them that..... name giving them the same as a bottle of beer that has been drunk..... "Elton".... oi! We see his origin story.... precious sweet little boy.... is stuck in a box while some kind of chaos happens outside... when he emerges he sees a man with no lower legs, pool of blood, hole in his head... no screams, no startled jumps, just casually grabs a bag and walks out... walks past TWO bodies - and again.... no vicseral reaction. "Elton", if he survives to adulthood, is going to be a psychopath... 100%

What a waste of time. Then again, if you have difficulty sleeping, just tune in to this soap opera. Lots of crying and weeping and Boo Hooing and backstory drama (not the interesting kind). Acting it atrocious, annoying, silly, very phoney. Writing is silly, boring, dull, all over the place. The Characters are dull, not interesting, and most that have watched this mess want them all dead! AMC and TWD missed all age groups for this mess.I cannot see US, UK, AU, CA preteens and teens watching this.....it is more Disney Kindergarten junk. Hey, for this episode, Fat Iris did manage to waddle over and fall on a walker....cameras cut away quick, so, can only imagine she squashed it to death.

At this point i'm watching to just laugh at how ridiculous and pretensious this series TWD and FTWD was never that bad this is a new kind of rock botton for TWD universe even parody movies are better and Z Nation and Reality Z is very fun

1 out of 5 stars.

The teens continue there journey searching for there father. This time needing to build a raft to cross the river. Silas, Hope, Iris, and Elton are the most annoying characters ever written and the cast being even worst with there performances. At least Huck and Felix are the only characters to even care about. The script is filled with dumb dialogue. Annoying cliches with the direction. And its a series that is not getting anywhere.

Why has no one died yet? The writers are making it way too easy for this group to survive. You would expect these kids that have grown up in the apocalypse to not be so normal?? It literally feels like regular bratty kids from our universe that have daddy issues. Completely unrealistic. I expected them to be more like Judith and Carl from the OG show. It would have been interesting to see since they never got much screen time. The show should have just been about the CRM. These kids cant act.