Before you say this review didn't help you because it's a 10/10, hear me out. Ever since people became angered over the season 6 finale cliffhanger and the excess violence of the season 7 premiere, they haven't been able to give this show a chance again. Just because they made some bold decisions in recent seasons doesn't mean they need to be criticized for making great content in the current season. I see that people have already given this episode so many subpar reviews before even finishing it as it was already rated only 7.7 stars before the episode ended. A thousand bucks says this episode tonight would get at least a 9 star rating if it was released in season 6 or before. Anyways, this episode had it all. There was phenomenal drama, tons of badass action sequences, and lots of tragedy as well. They even brought back the opening flashback sequences they used to use perfectly in the very early seasons. To avoid spoiling the whole entire thing, I won't give a full out synopsis of absolutely all that takes place but I'll point out some of the best examples of why this was one of the best episodes we've had in a long time. For one thing, the action sequences are phenomenal. They aren't over the top and overly excessive either. They are perfectly scattered throughout (examples of action: Jerry fighting off zombies like a badass with his axe, Carol gunning down saviors to save the ammo, Rick and Daryl saving the ammo from the fleeting Savior truck). The episode also included a lot of tragedy. For one thing, almost everyone from Ezekiel's crew dying basically leaves several families without their loved ones back at the Kingdom. Also, Khari Payton does an amazing job displaying realistically agonized and terrified reactions to the deaths of all of his soldiers. He later is saved from a group of several walkers by Shiva who is then brutally killed, which is a tearjerking but perfect finish to her character as she saved Ezekiel's life just as he had saved hers at the start of the apocalypse when he was a zookeeper. Overall, the episode jolts us from the hopeful vibe emitted from the first three episodes of the season and reminds us that Negan and the saviors are still a humongous threat. This really shakes things up and personally has me a lot more excited and uncertain of what to expect in the near future. Expect more action and tragedy in ensuing episodes. And to those who are mindlessly giving fantastic episodes like this bad ratings before they are even finished, please stop. Give this show a chance again.
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