Daryl is taken by Negan to the Sanctuary, home of the Saviors. Meanwhile, Dwight is sent on a mission to bring back a runaway member of his group.Daryl is taken by Negan to the Sanctuary, home of the Saviors. Meanwhile, Dwight is sent on a mission to bring back a runaway member of his group.Daryl is taken by Negan to the Sanctuary, home of the Saviors. Meanwhile, Dwight is sent on a mission to bring back a runaway member of his group.
Andrew Lincoln
- Rick Grimes
- (credit only)
Lauren Cohan
- Maggie Greene
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Chandler Riggs
- Carl Grimes
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Danai Gurira
- Michonne
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Melissa McBride
- Carol Peletier
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Lennie James
- Morgan Jones
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Sonequa Martin-Green
- Sasha Williams
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Alanna Masterson
- Tara Chambler
- (credit only)
Josh McDermitt
- Eugene Porter
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Christian Serratos
- Rosita Espinosa
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Seth Gilliam
- Gabriel Stokes
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Ross Marquand
- Aaron
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Austin Nichols
- Spencer Monroe
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Tom Payne
- Paul 'Jesus' Rovia
- (credit only)
Xander Berkeley
- Gregory
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaCar chase sequence was filmed for this episode between Dwight (Austin Amelio) and Gordon (Michael Scialabba). It was cut due to time.
- GoofsIn the opening sequence you see Dwight carving on his chess set. The issue is it shows a regular or "drop point" knife doing the carving then it cuts to Dwight holding a "sheep's foot" blade.
- Quotes
Daryl Dixon: I get why you did it. Why you took it. You were thinking about someone else. That's why I can't.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Talking Dead: The Well (2016)
Featured review
Broken survival
Although Season 7 was a very disappointing season overall, and considered one of 'The Walking Dead's' worst for very good reason and considered the one that started the show's decline again justifiably, to me it didn't start off badly straightaway. Although the other six seasons started off at a much higher quality, the seventh started off promisingly though was still flawed, flaws that were the same throughout the season and to worse effect in succeeding episodes.
"The Cell" is the third episode, after two more than worthwhile but imperfect previous outings, and is again another worthwhile episode (one of the season's best) but not a great one and is nowhere near 'The Walking Dead' at its best. There are flaws here, and they are flaws present throughout the season, but there are also a good deal of good things and the show has far worse episodes, almost all of them after this but even Season 6 and before had disappointments.
Will start with what was done well. The acting was great, with Jeffrey Dean Morgan absolutely chilling as Negan and Norman Reedus' performance is intense and deeply felt (helped by some of his meatiest material in a while). Also shining is Austin Amelio, capturing Dwight's intensity, vulnerability and conflict perfectly to unnerving and sometimes affecting effect. For me, he was the most interesting character of the the characters focused upon. The chemistry/dynamic between Daryl and Dwight is edge of the seat stuff and the treatment of Daryl is harrowing without being overkill.
Also thought it did better at advancing characters, great to see a more complex Dwight, and progressing the story than the previous two episodes even though fewer characters are focused upon. It is a well made episode visually, very gritty and effectively claustrophobic without trying to be too clever for its own good. Mostly the music looms ominously while not hammering home too much. The directs has some nice tense and stylish moments.
However, the pace is still a bit too slow for my liking in an episode that had a story that required more tautness in my view, and actually think that there wasn't quite enough story to sustain the length. It would have helped immensely if there was less talk, its not tight enough and rambling nature tending to bog down the momentum.
Did Negan's dialogue again need to be so long-winded and need to explain everything too much? It did take away from the suspense and is starting already to get annoying, parts felt like padding. And even though it was meant to irritate, as a torture method, the song is so repetitive and over-bearing that it irritates the viewer too.
In a nutshell, worthwhile and with a lot to recommend but again something was missing. 7/10
"The Cell" is the third episode, after two more than worthwhile but imperfect previous outings, and is again another worthwhile episode (one of the season's best) but not a great one and is nowhere near 'The Walking Dead' at its best. There are flaws here, and they are flaws present throughout the season, but there are also a good deal of good things and the show has far worse episodes, almost all of them after this but even Season 6 and before had disappointments.
Will start with what was done well. The acting was great, with Jeffrey Dean Morgan absolutely chilling as Negan and Norman Reedus' performance is intense and deeply felt (helped by some of his meatiest material in a while). Also shining is Austin Amelio, capturing Dwight's intensity, vulnerability and conflict perfectly to unnerving and sometimes affecting effect. For me, he was the most interesting character of the the characters focused upon. The chemistry/dynamic between Daryl and Dwight is edge of the seat stuff and the treatment of Daryl is harrowing without being overkill.
Also thought it did better at advancing characters, great to see a more complex Dwight, and progressing the story than the previous two episodes even though fewer characters are focused upon. It is a well made episode visually, very gritty and effectively claustrophobic without trying to be too clever for its own good. Mostly the music looms ominously while not hammering home too much. The directs has some nice tense and stylish moments.
However, the pace is still a bit too slow for my liking in an episode that had a story that required more tautness in my view, and actually think that there wasn't quite enough story to sustain the length. It would have helped immensely if there was less talk, its not tight enough and rambling nature tending to bog down the momentum.
Did Negan's dialogue again need to be so long-winded and need to explain everything too much? It did take away from the suspense and is starting already to get annoying, parts felt like padding. And even though it was meant to irritate, as a torture method, the song is so repetitive and over-bearing that it irritates the viewer too.
In a nutshell, worthwhile and with a lot to recommend but again something was missing. 7/10
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- TheLittleSongbird
- Oct 19, 2020
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