What We

"What We" is the fourth episode which follows Rick and Michonne after she throws them off a helicopter into the ocean. With the episode's premise: Rick and Michonne try to find the love they had. You know this episode is all about these characters, it extends beyond the writing and acting, thanks to the visual storytelling which the director and cinematographer succeeds with in this episode, making it grounded and character driven. The screenplay and writing is excellent, realistic and just heartful. The first fifteen minutes or so is simply these two characters, talking, arguing and acting like three dimensional characters who have both changed a lot with Rick Grimes having changed the most. Then the episode goes into a more action driven route with some great sequences of suspenseful zombie scenes with tension through these two characters, before going back to a slower pacing. The pacing is perfect and it remains character driven from start to finish, about these two characters. Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira.

This week's episode of TWD: The Ones Who Live "What We" was directed by Michael Slovis and written by Danai Gurira, the direction and visual storytelling were excellent, and with the writing I had looked forward to Danai's script as it had been hyped for a long time. The screenplay for "What We" was incredible! Back to the direction and visual storytelling, Michael Slovis who has directed the previous episode, handles every scene with perfection and makes sure there are brilliant shots as well as the actors are doing their finest work, which they are. Andrew Lincoln pulls an award worthy performance in this episode, so raw and emotional. Danai Gurira is also terrific in this episode, if it wouldn't be how heavy the episode and the screenplay leans into making Rick more hopeful, I would say her performance would be as great! The screenplay, written by Danai herself, focuses on this duo and the amount of character development which came out of this episode just shows how talented she is at writing dialogue and set pieces. When dialogue is written by someone who knows these two characters, it can't be bad, it can only be good and in this case quite great.

The production design and art direction is terrific, so is the mise-en-scene and cinematography for the show. The musical score is something I haven't commented about but it's spectacular. The increased budget makes for better production design and visual effects, overall making a better show in every department along with the actors. The prior episodes were high budget with some terrific visuals to meet our expectations of the CRM, this episode has solely two characters whom have interacted but not as much as we would want, thus not breaking the immersion with the story the writers are trying to tell. It's in this episode which Michonne opens up to Rick, information which needed the right moment and I'm so glad they did it this way. Totally the right way. In the previous episode we got information from the art guy (who makes the pictures on the phone) how Rick had forgotten what Carl looked like and that is so realistic. With everything Rick had been through, all the trauma suffered, he had forgotten what his son looked like. That's heartbreaking to hear and in this episode he tells her that, it's brilliantly written and acted with perfection. Yet, it got a little bit repetitive because of the same sets, that's my small criticism. This episode contains some of the best acting and writing in the show, yet it's so small compared to other episodes, but it still has everything you love with The Walking Dead. It's hard to rate though, but for a show about these two beloved characters, this episode was done brilliantly.

After the horrible seventh and eighth seasons of the original Walking Dead series the last three seasons were a massive improvement. Dead City and Daryl Dixon spin offs were incredible. The Ones Who Live has been surprisingly flawless so far and could be in the running for the best show of the year if you care about awards. You can tell that this franchise was clearly revitalized long ago and shouldn't be overhated over a few I'll admit really bad seasons. I cannot speak for Fear the Walking Dead because I've watched very few episodes. It seems like beating a dead horse actually worked in this instance 😂.

Both Andrew Lincoln as Rick and Danai Gurira as Michonne stood on their heads to give us some of the best, if not their best acting of any episode of not only The Ones Who Live itself, but The Walking Dead as a whole.

This touching episode gave the main characters the depth that this series needed. For the first time in a long time, I don't care that an episode from the TWD universe had a slow pace, because they used it to their advantage.

I'm glad that the focus was only on Rick and Michonne, because in the end, it's about them. I'm glad that we're not trying to expand the universe by force here, giving the other characters "equal" opportunities relative to screen time. They don't get it, because they should appear only when they are necessary, as they are only background and complement the picture depicting a couple in love with each other, the heart of this universe.

My rating for the episode is actually 9/10, but I add +1 for the fact that this episode hits differently by the fact that Danai Gurira wrote it. She wrote, she directed, she played a role.... This episode was based on dialogue and you have to admit, Danai can write dialogue, oh she can.

And now... please let Jadis off the leash, let her catch them at any cost ;).

This may not be the general's favorite episode but so far it is mine. Danai Gurira brought back what the other walking dead shows was missing. It was the heart and soul of the characters and this episode was purely dialogue and I LOVED every single moment of it. Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira gave us a powerful performance that this franchise has ever seen.

It is genuinely one of the deepest and best written episodes of The Walking Dead. Rick is not the man he used to be and that creates such an intriguing conflict between the characters. The actors are able to bring the emotions and make you really feel them in every single scene. You can feel Michonne's frustration and also understand Rick's state it really was a rollercoaster of emotions.

Not only Danai can perform she can also produce, write, and be one of the creators one of the show. I'm glad she and Andrew took control of how they're going to take these characters who they've known and understand for years into a different level that we haven't seen before.

The romance is real, the emotions are surfaced, this is the walking dead I want , this is the walking dead I love , these are the characters I fell in love with, this is the show I'd watch to feel something anything , and it's back "What we" brings it back , all of it. Mark my words this is one of the best episode to be ever televised in the history of television EVER. Long live the brave man. I cannot believe what's to come after this , this kept me hooked to my seats till the very end , I didn't want this episode to end , because I knew what would happen if it were to end , eternal sadness and waiting for the next episode. I just , I can't anymore. This is probably one of the only times when I've supported AMC for actually doing and making something that matters. Thank you Andy, Danai , Scott.