Mercy

The Walking Dead is back; one of the shows that need binge watching. I was excited when the 100th episode came out, but when I watched it; I was not surprised and immediately wanted to write my review to state its flaws. Sadly, it wasn't that good. Firstly, the dialogue. It was poorly written — I barely understood some of the talk scenes and there were some scenes that you could easily see their mumbling which is not a good thing — making it uneasy to listen, but not only is it difficult to listen due to poor performance, but it was embarrassing as well, because it's one of the most watched television series. Secondly, the cinematography was unacceptable and it lacks quality. I used to enjoy watching this show, but now it's just a show about spilling blood and never as compelling as the writers want it to be. The previous season made the show dull and predictable and it officially went downhill after Season 7.

No clue why fans on IMDb gave it a 6.9. You all need to go back and binge watch these.

After a 6 month you just wait something to start happening but it is not and Negan stood on the point blank just like a sitting duck, come on. The swarm of the zombies are on the reach of the hand every time you need them. This is a just worst screenplay ever, thank you,thank you again. I hope that is someone in the world that after 7 seasons feels just the same way as me. Oohh I see now there is a rule by IMDb that for a review you have to write minimun of 5 lines but there is no much to write about it only that this episode is not good at all and I lost hope that it ever get better

After so many months waiting for the return of "The Walking Dead", "Mercy" is a great deception for any fan of this series. The attack of Rick and the Alexandria, the Kingdom and Hilltop teams to Sanctuary of Negan and the Saviors would have a great potential. However it is totally disappointing since the screenplay writer messed up the storyline, entwining Rick's daydream with the action of the show the same way done with Sasha. The result is an inadequate pace for a show proposed to be a zombie movie. The attitude of Gabriel is also so stupid that ruins the rest of the show. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Mercy"

This episode is okay. If you compare it to how the Walking Dead has been these past few years. This episode covers all main characters (however briefly) and there are a lot of zombies, gun fire and explosions. This is all good stuff.

Unfortunately, there are still a lot of problems with the show. I find that a real shame, because, even now the show has so much potential. A cool premise. Post apocalyptic zombie carnage. Check. Some cool characters. Rick, Daryl, Maggie, Michone. Morgan, Check. A charismatic villain. Negan. Check. A good setting. The countryside in Georgia.

I cannot fault the acting, the special effects, the visuals or the music. The writing is the root of all the shows problems. I wish I could kick Scott Gimple squarly in his nuts. Hard. He has gradually ruined a once great show. He must be stopped.

It might benefit from cutting the season lengths in half. These past few seasons have had way too many standalone episodes, based on secondary characters. They end up being really boring and really kill momentum. When you set up questions in one episode that only gets answered literally a month later, you just don't care as much. It is also a real kick in the face when none of your favourite characters are in a new episode. They clearly struggle to write 16 episodes a season. S just don't do it. I'd rather have 8 strong episodes a season focusing on the main story than 16 episodes of hit or miss filler and unnecessary detours.

The other main problem is directly connected to the last one. There are now WAY too many characters. I also think so far they have killed off too many of the wrong ones. I will do this without any spoilers. I understand that killing off a major character in a cool way every so often can be very effective and so I don't mind this if it is done right. But, if this is going to work it needs to be done sparingly in the right way and at the right time. Most importantly the void created by their death needs to be filled by a cool new characters. They are not doing this. They have settled for quantity of characters instead of quality. I would genuinely feel nothing if half of the secondary characters were killed. The show is at it's best when you know every characters name and a bit of their personality / back story. They already have a cool group. They just need to spend time filling in the gaps with equally cool characters.

The story telling style should be simple. This is a show about zombies. It does not need artsy dream sequences. The zombies are trying to kill them. Other groups of people are trying to kill them. Our bad ass groups does what they have to to survive. Done. It also works better when they are on the road. A long term stable secure home like Alexandria kills the tension. The plot should also head towards a proper ending. Are they not even trying to stop the Zombies anymore? Either, let everyone die and the Zombies take over Planet Of The Apes style. Or, let them figure out a virus like Eugene said that kills only the zombies. Spreads and wipes them all out, then the survivors rebuild the world. I'd prefer the happy one. But, to just have them all fighting each other all the time without any long term plan just feels kind of pointless.

On the whole, they should just give me the showrunner job. I promise you all would not regret it. I'd basically just do almost everything exactly the way it is in the comics. Mix in some classic horror film references every so often. For instance, imagine a Texas chainsaw massacre type character who starts to terrorise people at night. Cutting people up with his chainsaw with lots of fire. He is never explained or revealed and he kills both sides people. Have another soldier with a gas mask thing and a big machine gun. There would also be a guy in a bunny rabbit mascot suit who steals Daryl's food and so Daryl spends an episode hunting him down. A big hilarious meta joke. The whole show would have cool character, cool plot lines, lots of awesome violence and eventually a very satisfying and rewarding happy ending. So that is why it is so sad. If the writing was better this could still be an awesome show. Sadly it isn't, so it kind of sucks. Sad face :(