The Hurt That Will Happen

Still on the fence but definitely on the suspicious side. Still enjoy watching John Dorie, Strand and Althea, maybe Morgan, but I'm pessimistic about investing energy into this cos you know what happened last time. We got elderly whoppie goldberg ridiculously reeking havoc. Not sure I care about the nuclear fall out story line. they've got bigger problems. move away. The head hunter angle could be interesting. and Maxheadroom could be interesting too. The optimal word being 'could'. The last 2 episodes have been shot and edited better than last season so that's good. The lines aren't terrible. so that's good, locations are good, ........ Will check in next week.

As far as a horror series it's really not bad. A series would be much more difficult than a movie trying to maintain the attention of the audience. Most thrillers are really bad and you can't watch them all the way through. In almost all of them it's the same. It's not the actors failing in their roles or the characters they are portraying but the writers attempting to make scenes thrilling, excite the audience. In their efforts to make it more exciting they fail to make the actors responses realistic. They are portrayed as hard cored survivors, making it where others fail, yet while encountering certain situations they don't respond how most adults actually would. They respond more like a group of Kindergarten students out of a city fresh off a school bus. It actually doesn't achieve the desired response in elevating excitement but makes you feel frustrated at how inept they suddenly become. It's also frustrating when certain characters, (Morgan), talk way to much as if they enjoy hearing their own voice which actually becomes abrasive. They seem like they need to over explain everything which results in delaying a realistic response. Often someone else saves them by eliminating the threat while they are still enjoying the sound of their voice or savoring the attention they are getting. Then theres always inconsistencies in scenes, like the new and shiny bolt on a old corroded sign they dig out from the side of the road. Most of us are pretty critical of others work even though we couldn't do better but every once in a while a movie or series comes out that is satisfying. In the meantime we keep searching and feeling annoyed because we were hoping for more.

This episode moves along nicely with our heroes finding a new location and an interesting survivor and a returning character that they teased in the trailer, a great character from S1-3. The crew and cast delivered an episode filled with suspense, character development and great drama. I personally loved the slower pace of the episode as we the viewers got to see more of the nature, the overgrown style of it all which makes it so much easier to get immersed into the world and story that they have set up for us. The walkers was extremely good in this episode and the kills were some of the season's best, the director did an amazing job and I hope she will get another shot at it.

There were lots of great character moments, the new showrunners finally knows how to write for Luciana, these two episodes feels like the old her again the one we love. There were also some great acting in the episode: Alycia, Lennie, Colman and Danay were the ones that shined throughout the episode with their superb performances.

This season is becoming really annoying. The characters are getting dummer just pull the plug out the plug on this AMC it's a shame for the eyes.

Sorry . . . I just had to go there, but seriously, the most likely to be tragic character of Grace and her mea culpa actions adds an interesting, bittersweet touch to this episode. It's also about time we meet more people involved in the science of The Walkers. I am intrigued about how radioactive-laced walkers can ratchet up the tension in upcoming encounters/skirmishes. It's always nice to see DS and his ability to see through the BS of other characters. Like other viewers, I'm done with established characters doing dumb things to service the plot . . . C'mon! Luciana deserves better writing (i.e. Season 3).

It must be said that this episode is filmed brilliantly with tones reminiscent of a graphic novel: the stark black of the crows against the gray wash of the landscape - truly beautiful work.