Bounty

Boy, now that's the type of episode that this show used to give us every week. Tremendous tension, a poignant conflict, and even a light hearted tone to complement the tough moments.

I'm all in with Alpha right now. I was one of the consistent defenders of Negan, but Alpha's change of pace is exactly what's needed. Merely Samantha Morton's voice is enough to umhinge even the most calm audience member. Those sequences made even more intense by the involvement of a baby (what else is new) which Alpha was prepared to let die for the safety of her people as a whole. I mean, even Negan wouldn't have been that cold hearted!

The other half of the episode focused on Carol, Ezekiel, and Jerry's venture to get a film projector bulb at an old movie theater, which was of course swamped with dozens of walkers. While I was begging for the show to go right back to the main conflict every time we cut to this section of the episode, it does end up bringing some much needed levity to an otherwise extremely dark week of The Walking Dead.

8.8/10

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)

Alpha, supported by her group of Whisperers, demands her daughter Lydia and offers Aiden and Luke in exchange for Lydia. Daryl is forced to accept the swap but when he looks for the girl, he learns that Henry has released and escaped from Hilltop with her. Meanwhile Ezekiel and Jerry convince Carol and their group to go to a movie theater crowded of walkers to get the projector lamp to bring to the kingdom to have a theater for the community.

"Bounty" is an episode of "The Walking Dead" divided in two segments: in Hilltop, Alpha and the Whisperers trade with Daryl and his group, but Henry (always Henry) will certainly get the Hilltop people into trouble with his attitude. It is time to get rid of this stupid character. The other segment with Ezekiel, Carol and Jerry is a full of action filler. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Bounty"

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.