Here to Help

I didn't watch Season 4 and I "think" that I watched season 3, but it was so blase' that I honestly don't remember if I finished Season 3. Right when they started exterminating my favourite characters is when I decided to hit the eject button. In fact I didn't even make it to the episode where they killed off the protagonist Nick. I remember seeing the preview for the next episode where Nick was to die and I said "Ok, they just wrote my favourite character off the show! I'm out". I did just that, and that's where I left off, having never seen the episode where he was killed off. After that I read online or in the news that they were to kill his mother off too! She was the second best actress on the show!

So here I am deciding to return at the start of Season 5, having missed all of 4. I heard 4 was a total mess so maybe I made the right decision? Things seem to have changed. There are new characters and others are gone. I recognize our Kung-Fu peaceful crossover character from TWD. I recognize the journalist and of course our leading lady who is actually a good actress that brings a good performance to the show for her part. The gunslinger cowboy I recognize also. I have no idea about any of the others that seem to have joined the group. With Kung-fu leading the group it appears he has them out doing good deeds to help people? I think that is really dumb and it's lucky his altruism hasn't got the entire group killed yet.

Episode 1 seems to be taking place in some kind of nuclear zone? Perhaps it is a biological danger zone? It's one of those 2, but nuclear makes sense to me because the entire planet is already a no-go unsafe biological hazard. The nuclear aspect is a good direction for the show to take! Perhaps we will have to deal with some mutated zombies with special abilities! Wouldn't that be a refreshing change to hav3 something new and clever written into the story along those lines? We can only hope the answer is yes, and that they fired the S4 writers!

The premier episode ended with a mystery which did a good job of being interesting, mysterious and hooking the viewers interest for episode 2! Well I have to give this episode a solid 7.5/10. It was interesting, action packed and full of tense zombie sequences that we all love! I highly suggest watching this episode, especially if you skipped last season such as I did! Off to watch #2 so I will review that episode next!

I had the chance to watch four episodes of season 5 in advance. The premiere is a promising start and this season is going to be decent, I can feel it.

While episode 3 and 4 are my favorites by far, episode 1 builds up quite a lot. Some viewers might find the first two episodes to be slow - but I promise you that you'll be rewarded. The storytelling feels better and I enjoyed the introduction of a bunge of new characters.

Our main group is back in action and I'm a bit sad to see that the crazy siblings Sarah and Wendell didn't make it on the season 5 poster. These two are awesome and fun to watch. I hope to see a lot more of them in the future!

The group is still on their mission to save and help people in need. I think it's an awesome task, somewhat risky, but still awesome. The dynamics between the characters are great and the actors are doing a good job. I really like this group, everyone is likeable and kinda cool. In some shows it annoys me that there are so many characters I hate (not even the villains) - so it's refreshing to have this bunge of cool people.

Unfortunately I can't spoil anything big, but be prepared for some awesome returns during these four episodes and a very interesting aspect that will affect both, TWD and FTWD. Loving it!

I watched the first episode with AMC Premiere and it is a good episode! Alicia is a badass and I love John so much.

Also, the end of the episode has to do with the Rick Grimes movies! I can't wait to continue watching this season.

I'm not going to spoil anything that happens in this episode but if you enjoyed season 3 and hated season 4 this episode gave me hope that Season 5 as a whole will be an awesome season, so much has happened in one episode and the first 20/25 mins kept me on the edge of my seat. I really think that the show has changed directions and won't make the same mistake they did in season 4. I can't wait for episode 2

The episode introduces four new characters, three of them being good guys and the villain, Logan who we knew of from season 4 but never got to see. He's played brilliantly by Matt Frewer, an fine actor and he plays the character with such perfection leaving me wanting more. My opinion is that it was a great season premiere, setting the atmosphere and immersion with also bringing new storylines and old ones back with the crew back together, it was nicely directed with great action.

The ensemble cast did great in this episode from acting to stunts; but Lennie James, Alycia and Matt Frewer were the ones that shined throughout the episode, delivering great performances.

After an alright season we get an episode filled with what made that season good and focusing on that, following up with the trucker story and the group's goal to save people makes for some unique opportunities if done right and from the look of the trailer it seems promising to be as great as the third season.