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The Walking Dead: Honor (2018)
No Honor Here
Walking Dead 8.09 - Honor
I can summarize this extra long episode in one sentence: Morgan and Carol go save Ezekiel and Carl Dies. The fact that I can do that, shows that this episode is clearly too drawn out and it felt that way when I watched it. I don't understand why Scott Gimple thinks that by drawing out these plotlines we get more "character development". All we really get are a bunch of cheesy one-liners and speeches. Not too mention the cliffhangers to keep us "hooked" but all he ends up doing is making the episode's emotional moment lose momentum. (remember that "who did Negan kill" cliffhanger...)
Let's start with the cheesy dialogue. The whole season has been plagued with this. Sometimes it's even cringeworthy because real people don't talk like that. It takes me out of the moment. It makes me even more sad because Carl himself was throwing out these one-liners left and right throughout the whole episode and I just couldn't take his "emotional" scenes seriously.
That's another thing. If they wanted to make Carl die at the end of the episode, they didn't have to make him sit there for 56 minutes. Literally the whole episode he just talks and cries and talks and cries. It's supposed to be sad, and at first it is... I was engaged in what was going on, but after 40 minutes of the same thing it begins to drag.
I cannot express how much I dislike the editing of this season. Weird "dramatic" slow-motion close ups, weird time jumps, choppy editing, to name a few. The time jumps were present in this episode although not as much as normally so I was thankful for that. But the choppy editing was very prevalent. Especially as it can be seen from a mile away how they are trying to mirror Carl's (very abrupt) way of life of showing mercy vs. Morgan's killing spree.
I am also not a fan of how they continue to retread various arcs. It makes me feel like I'm wasting my time since whatever problems they fix and learn from in this story arc, they'll probably deal with again in the next one. A good example of this is Morgan. We've already had "clear" Morgan back in season 3. Season 6 he basically had Carl's way of seeing life. Then the abrupt change happened with him too. I would have been perfectly fine if Morgan died and that was the reason Rick changed his mind about Negan. The first person who Rick met during the apocalypse is the one who shows him that life cannot happen without mercy. That'd be great. Instead we have Carl dying...
Definitely felt some emotion from Rick and Michonne towards the end and it did feel sad since I knew Carl, at that point, was a goner. However certain other characters had some not so great acting moments (looking at you Gavin). The slow pace of this episode, mixed with the choppy editing, and the overly drawn out plot really made me disappointed in how they handled Carl's last episode. Ironically, as much as some of the main characters talk (for quite awhile) about honoring Carl, I don't feel that the writers honored him by having him go out like this.
6.4/10 -> Carl you deserved better than this. R.I.P
The Walking Dead: Sing Me a Song (2016)
The episode that shows what season 7 can be
For starters, season 7 has been a little slow. I understand the world building, I even understand concentrating on only rick's group in episode 1... but the tactic of concentrating on one or two characters per episode for the past few weeks has not very efficient. It definitely shows how much better those episodes could have been, had they moved every characters' plot along together like they did in this episode.
This episode flowed much better. Giving most of the current plot lines some advancement. They still had a centralized plot line, which was Carl's story, but the episode did not drag. The consistent tone the writers are able to keep for whenever Negan is present, is what kept me engaged and currently the stories seem to be moving at a, hopefully, steady pace.
There are, however, a few flaws. Personally, I feel as though the 16 episodes per season is the biggest problem the writers can't seem to get rid of. The episodes feel like they could have been more condensed. I truly believe that this episode could have been something that happened in an earlier episode. There were lots of memorable moments but nothing that really got me engaged for the mid season finale. Not to say this wasn't a good episode, I just think that this episode will suffer mediocre reviews due to the mistake of drawing out the stories to fill out episodes and then having this good one show up 7 weeks in.
Sing me a Song definitely did a good job of putting our characters into more drastic situations and moving the plot along from what has been a somewhat slow season. The episode was not fast paced, yet still has been the best episode this season since episode 1. I do hope for the future any slow paced episode will have this format.
My vote 8/10
Dexter: Hello, Dexter Morgan (2009)
An Unexpected Turn Of Events
Things were already tense to begin with and this episode takes full advantage of that. Great acting by Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter who developed their characters to a greater extent. This episode gave me some closure and left me surprised. Every season has a new aspect of Dexter's life shown in each serial killer and in this case we are shown that the serial killer is basically his mirrored self with an extra 20 years. The search for a hope of a normal life included with his dark passenger begins to crumble with the turn of events and finale could not have been better set that with this cliffhanger!
10/10 for me!
The Walking Dead: This Sorrowful Life (2013)
A powerful episode
This week was an episode that totally caught me off guard. It was a Merle episode. A character none of us fully understood. The episode is full of surprises and many twists that will have you at the edge of your seat.
We are given the perspective of Merle and the show succeeds in having our sympathy. Merle becomes a character that we will remember.
The great thing about this show is the ability to make any character, a great one. This episode shows us that he still had some good in him. The reason why Daryl always sympathized his brother is because he knew how he really was, and we are shown that side as well.
A powerful episode that makes you realize that all along we had misjudged a fallen character.
9/10
Breaking Bad: Crazy Handful of Nothin' (2008)
No More Bloodshed
From the beginning to the end of this episode I was sitting there not knowing what to expect. But it was amazing. It had its sad moments and its bad *** moments. The great thing about this show is it always has you guessing. The best part is you will always guess wrong. Not to mention the subtle foreshadowing I always seem to miss until the episode is done. The show excels in keeping you involved from beginning to end; making every moment and every episode relevant. It is shown clearly in this episode what a man will do when he has got nothing to lose. This time, it's Walter's turn to show them who's boss. A great semi-finale to the great Walter White who continues to Break Bad.
10/10 for me!