What Happened and What's Going On

Rick, Glenn, Michonne, and Tyreese help Noah find his home.

This is a very bleak yet beautifully made episode with memorable character moments.

I cannot say much about plot details without spoiling except that the writers put the audience through another difficult experience.

It has excellent visual storytelling alongside a strong soundtrack. Both the music, dialogue and radio news broadcasts work very well. This is one of the best edited episodes in the show so far.

Other reviewers have mentioned certain plot contrivances that are valid points when you focus closely on the details of the action depicted. However, in the grand scheme of the messages and themes the writers put across when developing a specific character, for me it does not make much difference. It is the outcome for one individual that matters in this episode and everything that has led to it in so many previous episodes.

Incidentally, for those who enjoy the zombie action, this contains one of the best zombie fight sequences in the show so far. It is a rare instance when movie/tv actually uses slow motion well.

All performances are excellent as always, particularly Chad Coleman and Tyler James Williams.

I think that this is a good episode, even though it is pretty weird in the way it tells it's story.

Can't really say anything else because I would probably spoil it.

People complain that this is bad as a season opener(it released later but it's the middle part of the season so no)and that it didn't have the TWD vibe to it but this episode was really great and underrated.

The grief and all the sadness with a beautiful calm take on TWD was really great and the story was perfectly put together. Really great and underrated episode but people just want more action than this I guess.

This episode does not deserve a bad rating. And I really don't get why people say this is bad while this is one of the perfectly put up episodes and no wonder Lincoln also said that this was the best ep.

Poetically tragic episode

I genuinely don't understand the ratings this episode has, an 8 I can understand but anything below that is just wrong.

An absolute beautifully tragic episode filled with great story telling and acting. Obviously Tyrese, Chad L. Coleman stole the show this was without a doubt his episode and he shined.

Tyrese was never really my favorite character but he was great with the time he had. Definitely one of the strongest and my personal favorite episodes in The Walking Dead series. A mid-season premiere that really stuck with me.

IMDb: 10/10 Letterboxd: 5/5

Watched on Blu-ray.

This is a very unique episode. The storytelling is rather different and the "Last-of-Us"-like atmosphere is just amazing. This episode is quite silent and has a lot of psychological elements. It's really really REALLY sad as well. I understand people who say "Nothing happened and nothing was going on", because it's not comparable with other episodes of this show. Kind of funny, because that should be a 10/10 rating reason...

This episode left me really speechless. It feels so good and well-made, I can't even describe it. The acting is intense, especially Noah and Tyreese are amazing. Great editing and directing as well. Keep it up, AMC!