No Way Out

Hands down, the greatest episode of The Walking Dead to date.

Never has everything so neatly been tied together in a single episode of TWD before. We couldn't have gotten a better episode if we'd asked for it. The Grove is my all-time favourite episode, but I'd say this is marginally more impressive.

There was heart-pounding action, traumatising violence, countless twists and turns, inspiring teamwork, an abundance of closure, and some very professional cinematography.

There are no words which I can type which will deliver this episode justice. The only thing that needs said is this: watch the episode. And if you have already, make sure to watch it again - as I'm about to do now.

Alexandria will rise again.

'The Walking Dead' was to me one of the best and most addictive shows of the past decade in its prime years. Those prime years being Seasons 1-5. Which is why it angers and saddens me that Seasons 7 and 8 saw such a big decline in quality, to the extent that the show could have passed for something else entirely. One of the biggest declines for any show in my mind, have yet to see Season 9 (will do after reviewing all the episodes in Seasons 1-8) but am really hoping that it's better.

Found Season 6 to be inconsistent, though quite a lot better than what would come afterwards. Had no problems with how the season began, the first four episodes were brilliant. It was with "Now" where the season started to lose its way, the next two episodes were improvements if not quite returns to form before going backwards again with the dull mid-season finale "Start to Finish". With this second half premiere, the show is back on form and feels re-energised, not once forgetting what it was that made the show so good. To me, "No Way Out" is a contender for the best episode of Season 6, the best of the season up to this point, the best episode since "Thank You" and one of the best 'The Walking Dead' episodes, with jaw dropping tension, surprising developments and emotion that could easily pass for a season finale.

"No Way Out" as always for 'The Walking Dead' looks top notch. The gritty and audacious production design still remains, photography worthy of a film, suitably frightening make-up and visuals that don't look amateurish in any way and like they were made with heart and effort. The music is haunting and affecting, without being intrusive. The direction is some of the best of the whole of 'The Walking Dead' up to this point, both visually and providing the right amount and kind of drama.

It is one of the season's best written episodes too, the best written episode since "Here's Not Here" (by quite some way, had issues with the writing in three of the four episodes with the exception being "Heads Up"). The dialogue is taut and thought-provoking, avoiding descending into too much talk in the more dialogue-driven scenes. The characters don't bore or annoy, not behaving like idiots like they did in "Start to Finish" and the interactions between them avoid being overwrought and are instead tense and affecting.

The story is arresting and has emotional impact, shocks and more tense than the season's tension-laden first three episodes. The ending and the exit of the Andersons are especially powerful. The acting is very, very good with exceptional work from Andrew Lincoln.

Overall, truly fantastic. 10/10

The show never miss with their 8th episode of the season. Daryl and Rick are phenomenal i love them exploding Negan's men was one of the highlights of the episode. Teamwork is the reason wht Alexandria is still standing.

No Way Out is the title of the mid-season premiere and it begins exactly where we left off in the previous episode, yes that cliffhanger ending. Rick Grimes and company covered themselves up with zombie guts to sneak out which went smooth before Sam called out "Mom". On the road somewhere, in the after credit scene Daryl, Abraham and Sasha met a couple of survivors that serves a future villain called Negan and the community he runs is called The Saviors. There is a lot happening in this episode and it was so well written and executed perfectly which left it at the high rating it has, it's a superb one.

Greg Nicotero directed this episode and as usual he does a magnificent job with directing and the makeup/special effects. It's one of the highest rated episodes of the show and if you watch it you will understand. It's action packed, lots of character development, fantastic performances and suspenseful. The first, second and now third time I have been sitting on the edge of my seat, it's just that suspenseful which the show should be. The writers and whole production team brought their A game and made an episode you will remember for years to come.

Andrew Lincoln, what an actor. His performance in this episode was phenomenal and was award worthy like most of his performances on this show are. You can give the character Sam all the hate in the world but the actors who portrays him did a strong and believable performance, he's one of those child actors that really blows your mind.

Some random thoughts of the episode and season. I'll begin with how well and true Greg Nicotero is to the source material in terms of how he shoots the scenes, almost the same at times which is great to see for me and the others who have read the graphic novel. The other thought I have is the bandage Rick got on his hand, when I saw this season back when it aired on television I thought that he would lose his hand like he did in the comics but I was of course wrong but it was a fun nod to the comic version of Rick Grimes.

I watched this episode without breathing i can easily say the challenge between people and walkers. Surprising things and the message after the episode was really interesting. This is mu favourite episodes from the all TV shows that i watched