This episode is one of the slowest that season has delivered but that doesn't make it bad in anyway.
We have so many character interactions that are joyful, emotional and interesting at the same time from Earl and Alden debating what do with Gamma who has arrived at Hilltop to find her Nephew as well as Judith who has painted and repaired Daryl's vest. Carol has a heart to heart moment with Ezekiel and Lydia, a very truthful conversation.
Meanwhile the plot thickens and slowly builds up just enough to notice that we are in for a big treat in the next and upcoming episodes. The whisperers plans to attack the Hilltop have set in motion as help from Negan to block all paths with fallen trees and the scouts being murdered, we are in for a huge battle.
The attention to detail with characters like Kelly who with a lack of hearing has a much improved sense ability being able to tell the horde is on the way, other small details like the scurrying rats increases the suspense.
The final 10 mins of the episode is a walker bloodbath as they approach the electric fences set up by Eugene and the barbered wire barely holding them off the Hilltop Walls. The whisperers are smart and stay behind the dead as they shoot gasoline and fire arrows towards the survivors sending the community and side characters up in the flames.
The episode is slow but all the dialogue and pacing really shows how Angela Kang has saved the show and I wouldn't even say this is the best of the season, one of the best as a whole
10/10
We have so many character interactions that are joyful, emotional and interesting at the same time from Earl and Alden debating what do with Gamma who has arrived at Hilltop to find her Nephew as well as Judith who has painted and repaired Daryl's vest. Carol has a heart to heart moment with Ezekiel and Lydia, a very truthful conversation.
Meanwhile the plot thickens and slowly builds up just enough to notice that we are in for a big treat in the next and upcoming episodes. The whisperers plans to attack the Hilltop have set in motion as help from Negan to block all paths with fallen trees and the scouts being murdered, we are in for a huge battle.
The attention to detail with characters like Kelly who with a lack of hearing has a much improved sense ability being able to tell the horde is on the way, other small details like the scurrying rats increases the suspense.
The final 10 mins of the episode is a walker bloodbath as they approach the electric fences set up by Eugene and the barbered wire barely holding them off the Hilltop Walls. The whisperers are smart and stay behind the dead as they shoot gasoline and fire arrows towards the survivors sending the community and side characters up in the flames.
The episode is slow but all the dialogue and pacing really shows how Angela Kang has saved the show and I wouldn't even say this is the best of the season, one of the best as a whole
10/10