"Always Accountable" is one of those development episodes you usually get from the show which can either be outright intriguing and engaging, and it can also really boring and end up dragging through out the episode. In this episode's case, it seems to be in the middle but rather leaning more towards the boring part.
In essence, this episode was just there for exposition and filler. The film focuses on Daryl, Sasha and Abraham who got split up (conveniently) and it drives the plot forward. Daryl meets a group and they make way for more exposition for future episodes. Don't get me wrong, there are still good things from this episode. The cinematography and the whole episode was brilliantly shot, the dialogue is still the same TWD style and pretty much everything is the same. It showed us a few glimpses at what they will face in the future and granted, it is a pretty good setup to say the least. However, even with a good setup, it doesn't really matter YET because there was minimal tension in this episode. You know Daryl isn't going to die because of this one group, you know somehow Daryl would escape or get out of this certain situation, etc. Things like these make you wonder and eventually figure out and predict correctly what would happen in the episode, which is why people generally do not look forward to episodes like these. One of the best development based episode was "Here's Not Here' which was completely surprising for me because it brought something special and strayed away from some of the normal TWD antics, you also felt for Morgan and Eastman's character, even though they were only introduced or shown in a few episodes only. Granted, the episode does do a great job at what it was trying to do, but that was just what the episode was for. Hopefully the last few episodes will deliver what this and last week's episode could not.
Verdict: 7.1/10
In essence, this episode was just there for exposition and filler. The film focuses on Daryl, Sasha and Abraham who got split up (conveniently) and it drives the plot forward. Daryl meets a group and they make way for more exposition for future episodes. Don't get me wrong, there are still good things from this episode. The cinematography and the whole episode was brilliantly shot, the dialogue is still the same TWD style and pretty much everything is the same. It showed us a few glimpses at what they will face in the future and granted, it is a pretty good setup to say the least. However, even with a good setup, it doesn't really matter YET because there was minimal tension in this episode. You know Daryl isn't going to die because of this one group, you know somehow Daryl would escape or get out of this certain situation, etc. Things like these make you wonder and eventually figure out and predict correctly what would happen in the episode, which is why people generally do not look forward to episodes like these. One of the best development based episode was "Here's Not Here' which was completely surprising for me because it brought something special and strayed away from some of the normal TWD antics, you also felt for Morgan and Eastman's character, even though they were only introduced or shown in a few episodes only. Granted, the episode does do a great job at what it was trying to do, but that was just what the episode was for. Hopefully the last few episodes will deliver what this and last week's episode could not.
Verdict: 7.1/10