Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
Yes, Happy Valentine's Day from The Walking Dead! Indeed!
You know, it's funny. When winter starts to fade and shows like The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones (a few weeks later) return to our lives, it's almost a foregone conclusion - with the way these shows dole out carnage and tragedy - that something big and awful is going to happen on a Valentine's Day. Or a Mother's Day. And so on. Honestly, sometimes by design. But then also sometimes just because of brutal happenstance.
"No Way Out" - The Walking Dead's midseason premiere - was defiantly hostile. In a great way. And while I do have some issues with it overall - mostly concerning the pacing of the action and the use of the ensemble - I'll save those nits for the end. Because let's talk about some of this BIG moments. Firstly, the chain reaction mauling/stabbing/shooting of Sam, Jessie, Ron, and freakin' Carl! A moment that almost felt dream-like due to a combination of everything being slowed down and the sheer amount of tragedy that was happening in such a short span of time. As if Rick took a brief time out to imagine a worst case scenario situation happening.
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Yes, Happy Valentine's Day from The Walking Dead! Indeed!
You know, it's funny. When winter starts to fade and shows like The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones (a few weeks later) return to our lives, it's almost a foregone conclusion - with the way these shows dole out carnage and tragedy - that something big and awful is going to happen on a Valentine's Day. Or a Mother's Day. And so on. Honestly, sometimes by design. But then also sometimes just because of brutal happenstance.
"No Way Out" - The Walking Dead's midseason premiere - was defiantly hostile. In a great way. And while I do have some issues with it overall - mostly concerning the pacing of the action and the use of the ensemble - I'll save those nits for the end. Because let's talk about some of this BIG moments. Firstly, the chain reaction mauling/stabbing/shooting of Sam, Jessie, Ron, and freakin' Carl! A moment that almost felt dream-like due to a combination of everything being slowed down and the sheer amount of tragedy that was happening in such a short span of time. As if Rick took a brief time out to imagine a worst case scenario situation happening.
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