Bounty

Samantha Morton is portraying Alpha in such a accurate way from the graphic novel. We get to see The Whisperers in action and they are truly terrifying and animals, I can't wait to see more of them. The character development from last episode is shown here, Daryl seeing himself like a possible father figure to Lydia, I hope it will go down that road. I've said it before but I really like Magna's group, they are so likeable, even more than in the graphic novel. They grew on me there but on the show they are just so well cast, really giving us great character development from them and now Connie is getting more screen time it will help with her development as a character.

I've missed seeing The Kingdom, Ezekiel and the group. I have wanted a cinema zombie sequence for couple of seasons and it was executed perfectly, I understand them completely why they want a new bulb to watch movies, makes perfect sense. They finally did a great choice of music in that sequence, flowed together well with the characters and editing. Meera Menon did a great job at directing the episode, she's new to the show but she didn't disappoint.

Another solid episode in this back half of season 9. Loved the light and dark tones of this episode throughout, the kingdom scenes were fun and at times very funny and the hilltop scenes were extremely tense and dark. The standout moment has to go to Connie and the baby in the cornfield, one of the best scenes I've seen this season!

P.s Alpha and the whisperes are coming across much better than the comics.

I can really empathise with the screen writers on how much writing they had to do when the cast got 'so' big... really building an in depth, psychological story to the viewers.

This is a perfect adaptation of the comic villain Alpha-her presence, with no action whatsoever commands attention. She'd totally take Negan's bat. (I love this actor)

The sacrifice for the projector bulb shows just how different the kingdom is as opposed to the whisperers. Even during troubled times they sacrifice so much to make some children smile. whereas the whisperers are feeding the walkers babies. it helps justify Connie and Henry's uneasy feelings and overall puts things into perspective. Was very happy with this episode. Love it when they take the time to show these small moments. increases the realism and makes it relatable to the viewer.

All seasons have filler episodes. Hell breaking bad had an episode where all they did was hunt down a fly. Thats 40 minutes of trying to get a fly. its a great opportunity to give another directer a shot, thus introducing fresh directing and an insight into the smaller picture that would certainly get overlooked in a movie. Sure they can risk going wrong but this one was great.