The End of Everything

This episode was all about Al . Many people said this wasn't but I like it . I like Maggie Grace and i wanted to know more about Al .

I enjoyed this episode . But i expected to see more about the mysterious group that left by helicopter .

Actually Isabelle is a returning and could be very important character in future eps. Could this secret place be where Rick was taken?

I really liked this episode, especially the character development for Al. Getting some info from the character's past life is always something I appreciate! Good stuff. I read that Sarah Wayne Callies (Lori from TWD) directed this episode - but the credits told me otherwise, Michael E. Satrazemis directed it. He did a decent job!

This episode is the first that's given any insight into the various mysterious reasons that Rick disappeared. It's a fascinating watch. It also does a great job developing Al's character in a meaningful way.

There's potential here, to get out of this vicious circle of frontier existence loops that after 8 years are the only thing they could be, repetitive, and the 3 circle story line offers to take it somewhere different for a change. I liked the climbing sequence a bit of change of scenery is good after all. There was an attempt to explore Althea's character set up, (the diligent reporter who has to get the story), and a bit of back story about her brother and how he died because of her driving force, but it was kind of rushed through and didn't really ring solidly. There were a few badly set up and delivered details in this one. The bite proof vest just when Althea gets her first bite, after knowing better for her entire existence in the WD world, loosing a boot, the obligatory beer sponsorship placement in the top of the mountain to follow the 'beer solves everything and is civilisation' theme, I liked watching an Althea based story, she's an interesting character and a good actor but we're back to the characters not being given good enough material to deliver. I'm not feeling her driving force to record the history of people so their lives mean something, which is a great theme to think about. Then the lesbian kiss scene, which rather than be a wow moment came across as dragging out another overdone trope, it's been used so often on shows now it feels lazy. This episode doesn't have a credited writer on it, just a bunch of story editors and a staff writer David Johnson so we can't surmise who's delivering and not delivering from this. Ashley Cardiff who did deliver a couple of episodes back was executive story editor so it did pass through her desk, so, not quite as optimistic as I was a couple of weeks ago, but, it wasn't garbage, so that's something.