This episode will clearly divide some opinion & judging by the rating score, clearly already has, although it's hard to decipher just how many of those votes are a real indicator of how viewers (if they even watched the episode) enjoyed this very latest instalment of TWD because of the strange dedicated hatred some people have for the show.
Now yes, this episode didn't advance the main overall plot & the episode ends in the exact timeframe in which the premiere ended, the same ending scene to be precise, & will be a point that a lot of the people that disliked this episode will complain about, but that doesn't make an episode bad if done well, correctly & is meaningful.
Some of my favourite TWD episodes have been character driven stories that didn't advance the main plot but instead developed & added to the stories of select characters, relationships or groups. 'Clear' in Season 3, 'Live Bait' & 'Still' in Season 4, 'Here's Not Here' in Season 6 'The Cell' in Season 7, 'Guardians' in Season 9 & I can now add 'We Are the End of the World' from Season 10 to this list.
Now The Walking Dead may mean different things to different people, but for me the show's best & main story narrative is obviously the people that still inhabit the world. The people they are, how they adapt & change in order to survive. It's about survival, the survivors & their stories. It's episodes like this where we gain some insight into how two very interesting & brilliant characters met & came to be the people they are in the current timeline. It really fleshed out the two leading characters of the Whisperers adding more to their roles than just being 'the bad guys'. We also get to see more of Lydia's upbringing in this world, as well as some big hints as to who Beta's real identity is.
The acting & score are top notch, Samantha Morton is chilling as Alpha & Ryan Hurst once again brilliant as Beta. The fact both characters have become two of my favourites in such short time on the show is testament as to how good their portrayals are.
Overall this episode, at least for me, was a real strong one & right up there in terms of the very best episodes of the Walking Dead, showing that not everything has to be about action
Now yes, this episode didn't advance the main overall plot & the episode ends in the exact timeframe in which the premiere ended, the same ending scene to be precise, & will be a point that a lot of the people that disliked this episode will complain about, but that doesn't make an episode bad if done well, correctly & is meaningful.
Some of my favourite TWD episodes have been character driven stories that didn't advance the main plot but instead developed & added to the stories of select characters, relationships or groups. 'Clear' in Season 3, 'Live Bait' & 'Still' in Season 4, 'Here's Not Here' in Season 6 'The Cell' in Season 7, 'Guardians' in Season 9 & I can now add 'We Are the End of the World' from Season 10 to this list.
Now The Walking Dead may mean different things to different people, but for me the show's best & main story narrative is obviously the people that still inhabit the world. The people they are, how they adapt & change in order to survive. It's about survival, the survivors & their stories. It's episodes like this where we gain some insight into how two very interesting & brilliant characters met & came to be the people they are in the current timeline. It really fleshed out the two leading characters of the Whisperers adding more to their roles than just being 'the bad guys'. We also get to see more of Lydia's upbringing in this world, as well as some big hints as to who Beta's real identity is.
The acting & score are top notch, Samantha Morton is chilling as Alpha & Ryan Hurst once again brilliant as Beta. The fact both characters have become two of my favourites in such short time on the show is testament as to how good their portrayals are.
Overall this episode, at least for me, was a real strong one & right up there in terms of the very best episodes of the Walking Dead, showing that not everything has to be about action