The first half of season 4 of The Walking Dead was a lot of things and got just as much as wrong as it got right. Between delaying the moment in which will find out the truth and the entirety of the rushed Governor story arch, there was a lot to dislike. However, the show re balanced the stakes in its favor with the extended gut wrenching assault that brought actual stakes and dread back to the show.
Now with everyone spread a part amidst the chaos, the show has returned with the weight of expectation on its back. And the show tackles expectation in the same way it always has: in an incredibly uneven fashion.. Somehow, even with the last episode ending with everyone fleeing a now overrun prison, the show manages to continue dicking around at the location everyone has grown sick of. Luckily, it is only a portion of the episode, but every time it cuts to Michonne everything grinds to a halt.
Then again, the momentary reprieve from the suddenly dickish Carl is almost welcome (did he have some kind of hormonal change in the moments between episodes?). I guess he has a real boner for murder now. And his emotional blowout midway through the episode while technically in character just feels like a detour to eat up time. The same can be said of the existential aimless wandering Michonne does.
So what we end up with is an episode of "so that happened" moments. There are fleeting points where the episode works, but in the end it is just another uneven, forgettable episode.
Now with everyone spread a part amidst the chaos, the show has returned with the weight of expectation on its back. And the show tackles expectation in the same way it always has: in an incredibly uneven fashion.. Somehow, even with the last episode ending with everyone fleeing a now overrun prison, the show manages to continue dicking around at the location everyone has grown sick of. Luckily, it is only a portion of the episode, but every time it cuts to Michonne everything grinds to a halt.
Then again, the momentary reprieve from the suddenly dickish Carl is almost welcome (did he have some kind of hormonal change in the moments between episodes?). I guess he has a real boner for murder now. And his emotional blowout midway through the episode while technically in character just feels like a detour to eat up time. The same can be said of the existential aimless wandering Michonne does.
So what we end up with is an episode of "so that happened" moments. There are fleeting points where the episode works, but in the end it is just another uneven, forgettable episode.