Stradivarius

I've been a genuine fan since TWD came out of Robert Kirkmans' televised womb. This episode is starkly underrated. It's not getting the attention it deserves... I find myself genuinely excited for next week and the story momentum has been building and building. Like it or not this episode was actually really good :)

Rosita overhears the walkers talking and faints; she is rescued by Aaron and Jesus and taken to Hilltop to be under the care of Enid. They learn that Eugene is alone in a barn and organize a rescue team. Carol brings Henry to meet the lonely Daryl that now has a dog. Michonne, Siddiq and D.J. bring the five survivors to Hilltop in a horse-drawn wagon driven by D.J. but they are attacked by a horde of walkers and have to fight to survive.

"Stradivarius" is an above-average episode of "The Walking Dead" with two important revelations. The first that was seen in the ending of the previous episode is that there are talking walkers. The second is that Maggie is not part of the show. It seems that Lauren Cohan had problem to renew her contract since she required the same salary of the male protagonists. Michonne probably blames Maggie for the fate of Rick since the reason for his disappearance was her decision to go to Alexandria to kill Negan. It is sad to lose Rick and Maggie but life goes on. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Stradivarius"

We got to see a bit of the new Hilltop this week as Maggie has predictably moved on to be with Georgie and Jesus has taken over. Which, by the way, feels like it hasn't been all but maybe a few months since Maggie has left in show timeline right? But we got a sense of the new landscape, which also could have given us a hint as to why Maggie left, as Michonne mentioned she can't imagine what her reaction could be if she saw her. Also, it's shown that both Daryl and Michonne have that same scar on their back? It does make me wonder what could have gone down between that trio to cause this break up. We also got a glimpse into the Whisperers as Rosita heard them communicating at the beginning of the episode and the preview certainly shows that in greater detail. It was a weaker episode in that it was the first one that didn't feel like it made significant story progressions, but Michael Cudlitz still did a solid job in his first directorial efforts.

7.0/10

This episode is a bit slow compared to the past few episodes but still really good, this is a drama show after all not every episode needs to have a lot going on but this episode did a good job making me care for the new characters more and Henry is growing on me also, it's pathetic how people are rating the episode 1/10 just because it was slow, it's still well written and interesting, much better than the last 2 seasons, episode 8 looks like it's going to be great, but whether it will be or not people will still complain.. I'm giving this episode 10/10 because of the people giving it 1/10 lol people got nothing better to do on Sunday nights, if some of you people don't like an episode it's totally fine everyone is entitled to give their opinion but please be more realistic and give constructive criticism and rate fairly because giving episodes 1/10 is ridiculous

I think one of the biggest issues with the past couple seasons is I really lost feelings for a large majority of the characters, this season completely fixes that and has me caring again. I already love Maginas entire group, The former savior DJ who seems to be Michonne's right hand is really starting to grow on me and Siddiq is finally stepping up for a bigger part and becoming a favorite of mine as well. Overall this season really has been the best in years and I think it's safe to say it will remain that way with Angela Kang at helm.