Who's There?

Starting immediately after the events of "Old Acquaintances," we see that the woman from the last episode stole their supply bag, and Negan and Maggie see no option but to go after her, as they were also surrounded by walkers. On top of a building, they both cross to another building using a zip line to retrieve their supplies. Here, the series introduces a new feature that could be very valuable for future episodes, which is Maggie's fear of heights. Since zip lines are the most effective method of transportation in post-apocalyptic New York, this new element introduced adds a new layer to the character, who must now constantly face dangers involving height. Even with the zip line jamming at the end of the crossing, Maggie refuses Negan's help, showing that she is willing to do anything contrary to not owing him future favors. A curiosity that may have gone unnoticed in the episode is the opening scene. The walkers pushing the door and the hands passing through the gap is a clear reference to the main series pilot "Days Gone Bye" with Rick's scene in the hospital and the "Don't Open - Dead Inside" door. This episode was marked by some references to the great moments of the series.

Later, we are introduced to the new Hilltop from Ginny's point of view. What stands out in the scene is the more "urbanized" aspect of the community, which seems to be larger than the one shown in the main series. An interesting point in the sequence is Ginny being introduced as a resident of Oceanside, which doesn't make much sense since Negan told her story in the previous episode. Even with the information not matching, it is likely that the series will explain the discrepancy in information shown here. Immediately, we have a beautiful and poetic transition from a lonely Ginny in the room to a deep dialogue between Maggie and Hershel. Here, a more apathetic and melancholic Hershel is presented due to all the events involving his mother, and he carries part of her pain with him. This flashback scene showing the dialogue between the two characters is important because it fills in some gaps in the time that has passed, and we are gradually introduced to the information. This brings a lot of cohesion to Maggie, resulting in a deeper relationship with her son. It is interesting to note that the direction is trying to bring references to the main series to stir the most avid fans of the universe, and in this flashback scene, Maggie's visual aspect is identical to that of the farm era. Another important point of the episode was the fact that Armstrong revisited his past, returning to an old family apartment. From what is shown, it seems that the person who committed suicide is his brother. The point here is that this could become an additional factor to fuel the character's intentions.

The New York group presented here captures the two, which leads to a dialogue scene where Negan tells the truth about The Croat. He recounts that during the Savior's time, the villain was able to torture a child to obtain information he wanted - which clearly makes Maggie tense since he is in possession of her son. When Negan found out what had happened, he tried to kill him but the shot grazed him, and that's how The Croat lost his ear. This would be one of the plausible reasons for Negan to be in the sights of the new antagonist. After being attacked by armed people, Negan and Maggie are released to help in the fight, and when one of the enemies kills an important member of the group they are integrated with, Negan finds himself in a position to teach the enemies a big lesson.

In the sequence, we have what may be one of Negan's best scenes in his entire journey so far. The direction does a great job by starting the scene showing the character emerging from a shadow, which becomes even poetic, making him have to resort to old habits to take control of the situation. What he does to a member of the enemy group is similar to what he did to Spencer in Alexandria, aiming to send a message to the group. Only Jeffrey Dean Morgan is able to deliver a scene that is both funny and brutal at the same time, and that is certainly among the character's best scenes so far and it speaks to the genre of the series, bringing back the origins of The Walking Dead, since in the end of the series we didn't have much of that gore that was rescued in this sequence.

In the first episode, there was not so much evidence that the old Negan would return, he was behaving as at the end of the series. The awakening of his psychopathic side becomes very valuable and will be excellent for the development of the plot, because it shows that the character can solve complicated situations in a cold and brutal way. At this point, Maggie realized that this Negan she hates so much is necessary if she wants to rescue her son. It is important to note that the script makes it clear that Negan has something kept in his journey, his redemption, everything that happened to him during the main series, especially regarding his relationship with Maggie, and at the same time, when he is in extreme situations, he brings back his old psychopathic traits. In fact, we can see the maintenance of the character's development when he says that it is necessary to make exchanges with people and release information gradually, otherwise it is giving too much power to the enemy (this was clearly seen in the Commonwealth arc). A criticism of the episode is the underutilization of The Croat, who has the potential to be a great villain. In the two episodes shown so far, he appears only in the final scene of the episode to impose fear, which is enough to increase the viewers' expectations. However, if this formula is repeated for the rest of the episodes, it could become clichéd, and the series may be wasting time developing the character.

In narrative terms, "Who's There?" is full of intercalations between action and moments of exposition. The episode demands patience beyond what is necessary, but there is something to be appreciated in the conversation scenes. We can see the dialogue at a better level than what we had in the original series, with more mature approaches to drama and few moments of silence, an art that this franchise seemed to have forgotten. The bathroom scene is particularly interesting, with the script knowing how to bring The Croat's past context in a natural way, with a great speech by Negan. Him saying he is "a monster only absolutely when necessary" is the biggest lie of all, since he raped and tortured his own people, but showrunner Eli Jorné has done a good job of putting the sadistic character back on track. His cynicism mixed with sarcasm has returned, along with his survival techniques as a bloody showman. Although the construction of the scene where he beheads his enemy is not so well directed, the "show" created by Negan is a highlight in itself, with an interaction of just looks between the anti-hero and Maggie that speaks volumes. Jorné's text does not paint the character as a diabolical being, but it also does not force that redemption arc of the family man that the original series tried to shove down our throats, which is good. However, I would like to see more development for Maggie. Despite the occasional praise, Loren Yaconelli has proven to be an extremely limited director, despite the clear efforts of the production with setting and visual identity, and her poor work results in an episode with a terrible pace. The blame is also partially on Eli Jorné, who has been moving the story forward by dragging it more than he should, especially when we remember that we are watching a miniseries.

Basically , Glimpse of old Negan. Things that he had been doing for bad but now for good and protecting his people. He has always charisma, knock ,knock knock, whose there, but he isn't the murderer any more he is like crucial to the journey 😉. I loved the show its hitting hard like the old shows giving the feeling of wanna watch more episodes. Damn Negan really deserve a story alone as protagonist. Jeffery is a bad ass character he is the star . Although the other guy has some tricks under his sleeves. The show never lost its pleasure and pillars as it was before but its off to a great start.

The episode is great. It is but the air guns have no air. No air! Maggie and Negan are held up but airless air guns. The group they encounter is walking around with different air powered nail guns without air. It would be a very different episode if they were functional. Air hoses being dragged around room to room. I giant air compressor inviting all the zombies to the building with its loud workings. I'm not saying that would be better but the air guns have no air.

The door of the room where Maggie and Negan are protected is forced by walkers, and they follow the old woman through a hole in the ceiling and the elevator shaft since she stole Maggie's backpack. Then she uses a zipline to escape to another building, and Maggie and Negan follow her. When they reach her, she gives food to Negan as a trade, and they ask whether she can take them to the building where the smoke is coming from. However, she does not speak English and communicate with gestures. Soon they are surprised by a armed couple and forced to surrender. The old woman is Esther, and the couple is Amaia and Tommaso are from the same group, and Maggie lies to them saying that they wanted to go to Canada. They are arrested in a bathroom, but out of the blue, the Burazi gang arrives, and Tommaso releases them. Soon Negan shows how dangerous he is and Amaia's group respect him. Meanwhile, Armstrong heads to the address of his brother Joel, but finds that he committed suicide. At the Bricks, where the Hilltop group has moved, Ginny has adaptation problems and Gina tries to help her.

"Who's There?" is the secondo episode of "The Walking Dead" spin-off "Dead City". The plot is full of action and the scene that gives the title of the episode shows Negan returning to his former cruelty and sadism, killing his enemy without any merci. In a world like disclosed in "The Walking Dead", is a form of survival and leadership. Armstrong is captured by The Croat, and it is an interrogation mark since this character has not been developed well yet. Ginny at the Bricks (former Hilltop) seems to be a filler segment in the show. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Who's There?"

The Walking Dead: Dead City begins a couple of years after the ending of The Walking Dead, it's a new showrunner and he impresses me with his writing, Eli Jorne (the showrunner) wrote the second episode titled "Who's There?". It was directed by Loren Yaconelli who directed the series premiere. For this episode, both the writing and direction is quite great, mostly the writing and acting. I'm so happy the writing and dialogue haven't changed since the first episode, consistent writing and great writing at that. The whole production is impressive and I'm glad AMC brought them the budget needed, everything looks great, even the VFX. Sound design and the musical score was great, which brought suspense and tension to every scene. This episode was beautifully shot, great cinematography! The editing deserves some praise too, especially the pacing which is perfect.

Maggie and Negan encounter native New Yorkers; Armstrong revisits a trauma; Ginny attempts to adapt to change.

We are now on episode and soon half way through of the six episode season, a length which was splendid in The Walking Dead, judging from this episode I'm sure TWD: Dead City will be as focused as that season. What this episode has is a much smaller cast, focusing solely on Maggie and Negan, which means you won't have to worry about filler. The script the director worked with was great and focused on building on the events of the previous episode and expanding the characters of our antagonist and deuteragonist, Zeljko Ivanek as "The Croat" and Gaius Charles as Perlie Armstrong respectively, along with Mahina Napoleon as Ginny who we get to follow as she settles into the New Hilltop which gives us more insight on what happened since the TWD series finale timeline wise. I like it a lot. We also get to see a flashback with Maggie and her son. This episode has in my opinion much more action, every scene has plenty of suspension, some even with you on the edge of your seat. This is uncharted territory for our protagonists, Maggie and Negan. I'm loving the location "New York" much more the more I watch and get to see. The acting, oh man, the acting of these two. Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan, they are phenomenal in this episode! The dialogue heavy scene halfway through the episode was just brilliant in so many ways, drama wise, just two actors acting and Jeffrey Dean Morgan's monologue explaining The Croat, just brilliant! The community of New Yorkers were a fine additions for the world building but most importantly for the story and our characters. I love how Negan is showing his showmanship again for the Croat's group, finally a guy who knows how to write Negan. There's two sides of him, one brutal side and one caring side, this is a morally grey character which I love! Something I loved about this episode is how there are truly not much ammunition and firearms left in the world, the native New Yorkers uses different kind of weapons like nail guns and stuff like that, a criticism I have for Fear TWD and had for the eleventh season of The Walking Dead. Honestly, I'm loving this show, Dead City has what it takes to be up there with the golden years of The Walking Dead. Negan's back, baby! I also can't wait for the blu-ray release with maybe extended scenes and R-Rated dialogue for Negan which they used to do for the main show. Great episode and a nice build up episode!