Open Your Eyes

Siddiq has terrible nightmares and vision with flashbacks of Alpha killing his friends in the barn. He treats the sick patients and gives glass of water to them. Daryl asks Lydia to leave the cell while Carol brings the prisoner Whisperer inside and they interrogate him. Aaron and Gamma meet each other again at the bridge and they have a conversation. Siddiq and Dante have a discussion when the prisoner is poisoned while Daryl and Gabriel hide his body. Then there is a dreadful betrayal in Alexandria.

"Open Your Eyes" is another good episode of the "Walking Dead" dedicated to Siddiq. Carol has jeopardized the Alexandrians bringing the Whisperer to the settlement but the tragic betrayal in the end is heartbreaking. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Abra os Seus Olhos" ("Open Your Eyes")

Note: On 08 January 2024, I saw this film again.

This week's episode of The Walking Dead was fantastic and the veteran TWD actor Michael Cudlitz returned in the director chair, delivering some stunning direction and great camera work which gave us an overall experience filled with emotion as he shoots their faces a lot which makes us see the actors acting capabilities. Alright so this episode, people might find it boring cause of the slow pace but it works as it is the most human and emotional episode in season 10 from the dialogue and the actors just acting through no dialogue at all. The plot moves along nicely, following the survivors of Alexandria and we get to see the events that follow after Carol captures The Whisperer and it's wonderful writing, mysteries and recurring character arcs unveil in a nice fashion. There were also almost no action and it wasn't needed, instead we got one of my personal favorite episodes but it will probably be disliked by some people. I loved every single moment of the episode, Angela Kang wrote a superb script for the episode.

The acting in this episode was great, my personal favorites actors of the episode has to go to Ross Marquand, Avi Nash and Thora Birch. They all did superb performances and gave real emotion to the roles. Thora Birch is one of the best new additions to the cast, she's perfect and continues to do even better.

Season 10 delivers another brilliant episode with «Open Your Eyes». Siddiq's PTSD arc is horrifying, and Avi Nash is really killing it in this role. This episode includes many interesting and dramatic moments with strong performances from Melissa McBride, Thora Birch, Cassady McClincy and Ross Marquand.

The ending scene was epic and not expected at all! The Walking Dead is back to being one of the best shows on TV at the moment. Can't wait to tune in for the midseason finale!

Being British I've come across Samantha Morton's work a lot and she is an exceptional actress. In this show however she is truly awful, the look the voice !!!!, the gaze, totally cringe worthy. If Negan wasn't still in it the show would be finished. Time to helicopter Rick back in and finish the show.

I'm retrospect, I liked the fact that Siddiq went through something the show has never truly tackled, PTSD. To be fair, I guess the show never really called for it to be something they address, but it certainly lends itself to great horror, when necessary.

His demise this week came as a shock but ultimately doesn't feel entirely consequential. He was never one of the central cast members, but he did have a nice presence when called upon. With that said, the twist with the Whisperer doctor was extremely unsettling, and I think the actor has done a great job of making it just enough this season to create enough doubt to spark interest.

The other major arc involving Lydia and Carol made a ton of sense. Both characters went through frustrating but entirely truthful arcs, and it almost seems they were destined to end up this way. I'd like to believe that Carol could one day act as a mother figure to Lydia (who has always craved that) but it's leaning towards her story ending in tragedy, as sad as that is.

Hard to believe we're almost at the mid-season finale right? Was Siddiq's death the one major plot point we had for this half or will the upcoming week spark more trouble for the survivors? I guess we'll have to wait and see.

8.7/10