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We finally learn what happened to Beth. Not the best episode but if you e been wondering where Beth has been then you can't miss it.

This episode was a very different episode from the previous ones in this season and therefore it might turn some people off as it kind of bring the whole plot to a halt!

However i like how Beths character is handled and the introduction of Noah! She really has changed much and is not affraid to act or speak her mind to those in charge! Really shows how far she got, spending time with Daryl!

Noah also becomes very likeable quickly as this kind helpfull guy!

However the new characters, the Police Officers, very quickly becomes unlikeable! I dont thi k i wanted to see someone die as bad as Gorman! Dawn also makes for a great new villain! Thinking the weak owe something to the strong!

This is a pretty solid episode. They introduce to us a new group of creepy cops and Noah, an interesting character. Even if you don't like Beth, you can't deny this is an important story to be told. Also, the ones who said this episode is boring: did you really watch it??? Come on!

Beth awakes in a hospital and she finds that she is in Atlanta. She learns that she was found alone on the road and rescued by the despicable Officer Gorman (Ricky Wayne) that brought her to hospital ruled by the tough Officer Dawn (Christine Woods). Now she is under the care of Dr. Steven Edwards (Erik Jensen) with a broken wrist and bruises. Beth befriends the servant Noah (Tyler James Williams) and discovers that everything has a price in the place. When Noah discloses that he intends to flee from the place, Beth offers to go with him. Will they succeed in their intent?

"Slabtown" is a cold shower in this wonderful Fifth Season with a deceptive episode. The plot shows Beth and new characters that live in a hospital in a strange and flawed society. Unfortunately neither the story nor the characters are engaging; actually they are forgettable. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Slabtown"

Note: On 18 April 2016, I saw this show again.

This is the fourth episode of the fifth season of the Walking Dead. Indeed we must ask ourselves, what has happened to Beth ever since she was kidnapped the previous season? Well, we finally get our answer to that question. This is a slow episode and quite frankly, one of the least entertaining episodes to date. But it is semi-important to show us what happened to Beth. But there is quite a shocker cliffhanger to be had.

In this episode "Slabtown," Beth awakes and finds herself in a hospital under the control of a strict policewoman named Dawn. Beth is not happy how the place is run similar to a boot camp. Beth befriends one of the pages and together they plot a way to escape the hospital.

Overall, this is a good episode but it's nothing amazing, especially after the first three episodes. But then again, it's important that we not forget about Beth. The whole hospital setup was intriguing, but Beth in a lead role may not have been the greatest move on the creators part. But it was an interesting episode to watch.

My Grade: B

So far, I'm really liking the Walking Dead, and glad that it's become one of my "go to" shows to watch (any time except dinner.) But even a good show has its share of clunkers and Slabtown is one of them.

First, the setup of this episode is extremely confusing. It begins, like many WD episodes, in the middle of the action. But the starting point they chose was so far from the beginning that it created an unnecessary amount of confusion, leading me to wonder, who are these characters? What's going on? Did I miss an episode? It kept throwing character after character at us as if we already knew who they were, how they related to the story and to each other. It was so bad, I actually had to stop Netflix to make sure I hadn't skipped an episode.

Second, Slabtown is an example of WD's own tropes starting to wear out their welcome and (dare I say it?) become predictable. Trope 1: any group of survivors other than our own are going to be bad guys. Trope 2:Anyone trying to rebuild civilization in any form is foolish and evil, just like Terminus or Woodbury. The only answer, according to the writers, is to roam the landscape, scavenge and forage. Really? In all of human history there's no examples of survivors banding together?

Despite these complaints, it was still an enjoyable and watchable episode. Always nice to see the characters figure out ways to "game the situation" with the walkers to their advantage (this time holing up in a multistory building *AFTER* blocking all access to the upper floors.)Side note-it's very peculiar that, during this run of episodes, Maggie does not wonder at all what happened to her sister. NOT ONCE.

You cannot deny that this episode takes Season 5 of The Walking Dead down a notch. Somewhat unexpected by me, the storyline here follows Beth since being kidnapped in an earlier episode with Daryll. We find new characters as her position in the zombie apocalypse is in the hands of corrupt police officers who are trying to rebuild society from a hospital.

We have a guest appearance from 'Everybody hates Chris' which kind of ruined the vibe for me personally, I always love to see 'new' actors rather than big names as they are always destined to go either way: last the remainder of the entire show (end of season 6+!) or have a cameo role.

The storyline from the start to midway of this 45 minute episode is a 6 at best, but the directors obviously want you to understand from the base up where Beth is and how she got there. Once past the halfway point in this episode, the viewer finally realises why this episode is rather lacklustre compared to those before it, totally changing the review score.

I'd say that the cliffhanger at the end isn't so exciting as the rest but I am really looking forward to Daryl and Carol's branched story. Overall, this is an episode that introduces the viewer to a fresh scenario. Not every episode is going to be jaw-dropping and this is a good change of pace.

This was an intriguing episode-long on "huh?" and "what did he/she just say?" moments and short on action and it doesn't so much as explain the Beth Situation as create more questions: Who are these people? Is their story really as simple as it appears or is there something much more insidious beneath the surface? At times, I grappled with the tone of the episode and with some of the minor characters I was unsure whether they were "wow, that character is clearly faking it and not what meets the eye!" or "that character is exactly what meets the eye and is just kinda a so-so actor who you can tell is acting." The tone was also a little Roger Cormanish/B-movie - which I really didn't mind - maybe it was all the uniforms and accents and a hospital setting but I kept expecting the female "cop" leader to pull off her wig like Kimberly in Melrose Place. And please: enough with "The Young and the Limbless"-I am having phantom pains in all of my extremities this season. Finally, like the other episodes this season, it was just a little predictable and tied up just a little too neatly. Welcome to Beth 3.0!

Had heard nothing but great things about 'The Walking Dead' from friends and IMDb reviewers. It took a while to get round to watching, both from being busy and also not being sure whether it would be my cup of tea. Finally getting round to it a few years ago and slowly working my way through it, having had a very long to watch and review list, 'The Walking Dead' turned out to be very much my cup of tea and as good as the hype made it out to be, have found it extremely addictive.

Season 5 started off extremely well, brilliantly in fact. For me Season 5 had the most consistent start quality-wise, none of the previous seasons had equally brilliant first three episodes, that are up there with the most gutsy and powerful episodes of the show, like Season 5 did. It still shocks me at how an intelligent, well-made (so much so that it is easy to mistake it for a film) show about zombies could be made when so many films have tried and failed abysmally to do so.

The fourth episode "Slabtown" though disappointed somewhat while still having a number of good things. It is not as strong reminder of most previous episodes of how Seasons 1-5 of 'The Walking Dead' to me were absolutely brilliant and seeing the show in its full glory days (Season 6 was uneven, Season 7 was a huge disappointment and am still debating whether to watch Season 8). It is important in providing development for Beth and is an important story-building episode, it just feels a little bit of a let-down after such a promising start to the season.

Certainly "Slabtown" has a number of good things. It, like all the episodes before it, is superbly made. It has gritty and audacious production design, effects that are well crafted and have soul rather than being overused and abused and photography of almost cinematic quality. The music is haunting and affecting, having presence but not being intrusive.

There are moments of thought provoking writing and emotion. The beginning does intrigue and wrenches the gut, very creepy, and the conclusion has power. There is some great character development for Beth in "Slabtown" even when focusing on fewer characters and the hospital setting intrigues and gives the appropriate creeps.

Whether one enjoys "Slabtown" is largely down to whether you like Beth as a character. Quite a number of 'The Walking Dead' fans don't, don't mind her personally but do think that there are far more interesting characters in the show. Really did appreciate her development here and she is the most interesting and rootable she's been in a while. Emily Kinney gives one of her better performances here and Tyler James Williams is a creepy standout of the rest of the cast.

For all those good things, it would have been a monumental task following on from such a brilliant first three episodes and inevitably there would be comparisons and it is a disappointment in that regard. It is slow in spots and lacks surprises and suspense, predictability does creep in.

Also a little on the bland side compared to the previous three episodes and by top 'The Walking Dead' standard, the guts and adrenaline were evident, as was the intensity, but not quite there consistently.

Overall, good but didn't blow me away. 7/10 Bethany Cox

Never ever wanted to see a character die this bad before.

Well done.

We find out Beth's situation since she disappeared.

This is a solid episode with a fairly intriguing premise that expands the overarching narrative.

The best aspect is that it shows another perspective of the zombie apocalypse from a group of characters in a different environment. It's a bit early to tell how good it's going to be but I found it relatively compelling.

Some characters are better than others. Dawn seems a relatively plausible leader considering the situation and the doctor is also quite well written. These are characters clearly depicted to be doing what it takes to survive and maintain control of their destinies. Gorman is a pure one-note baddie and you can predict what he is going to say and do in virtually every scene.

Emily Kinney and Christine Woods give strong performances, particularly in their exchanges together.

Some of the art design is superbly macabre, especially what we see at the bottom of the elevator shaft.

For me it's a 7.5/10 but I round upwards.

Well,the episode was probably a necessary move and a bitter pill which the Walking dead staff might have to swallow because sooner or later it had to be shown.

Beth played by Emily Kinney is a hapless girl with neither the strength nor the imaginative brains to work out smart moves like her other colleagues. For a greater part of the entire series up till now she has been shown a feeble character but in this episode she has risen to the occasion and justified her struggle which turns out to be a failed attempt eventually. The antagonists did a fairly okay job and nothing really spectacular if I must say.

Nevertheless, lets hope things turn out to be good eventually now that Carol is in the hospital. I hope she does some neat tricks to make everything even.

The Walking Dead - Season 5 Episode 4 - "Slabtown"

Episode: Slabtown

We've approached the halfway line between the beginning of this season and the midseason finale and in this episode the audience are finally shown the whereabouts of Beth, who got kidnapped in episode 13 of Season 4. However, I thought this episode lacked a lot of what I hoped it would be as I thought it wasn't eventful for something we had been hyped up to see for so many episodes. It was good to find out where Beth finally was and who captured her and the introduction of new potential villains was very exciting but I felt that this episode had much more to deliver to its audience. In this episode, Beth awakens in a new place which appears to be a hospital. However, when Dawn, the police woman in charge explains to Beth where she is, Beth begins to think her new so called sanctuary is a dangerous place to stay.

Even though the episode wasn't that exciting for me, it made it difficult to choose a scene in this episode that stood out to me. However, I did enjoy the dialogue between the Doctor and Beth. It got personal between both characters which is what I enjoy watching. I like how they both are attempting to realise their purpose in this new world that they live in, especially with Beth as her attitude is very "not bothered" when it comes to what happens next, an aspect not considered in Dawn's new safe haven. The Doctor, a cowardly yet intelligent man, seems frightened of this new world that they live in and I thought him talking about what he does was inventive as it was different from the typical Doctor's occupation, it seemed to me that he is trying to keep his mind off what is happening in the hospital as he is very secretive about it when mentioned. This did keep the episode alive with an unknown narrative.

Beth had to be the character that interested me in this episode above all the others. I was also disappointed with the representation of the people that kidnapped her, they didn't give any presence and didn't possess any threat to the series from what I could gather in this episode, however, it is an early introduction for them so things could change. Beth, the struggling to survive teen who lived day after day sleeping in broken down cars after the fall of the prison, awakes to find herself attached to a drip in a hospital bed, clean and undisturbed. Her suddenly being like this makes her question that something isn't right which is interesting as this is what she was looking for since the apocalypse occurred. It seems that her character represents the fall of old fashioned society and that things will never be what they used to be but you can still survive, a very interesting aspect that can be taken from this episode.

In terms of camera-work and direction for this episode, I thought that the setting was brilliantly constructed. In my view, there was nothing better than a hospital to entrap Beth from the rest of the group as it developed an eerie factor about it. Also, hospitals are stereotypically scary when the public are asked about them so I thought it was great to bring it into this show, it shows the directors really understand what discomforts the audience. The camera shots kept everyone involved in the episode as well as featuring off screen activity when Dawn is whispering to her other colleagues which added mystery to the narrative. All in all, the construction was of the hospital was very good whilst the camera-work was just above average but yet still inventive in some parts, especially at the end when Carol came in on the hospital bed and the musical slow motion.

As an episode, I wouldn't have considered this one to be an "outstanding" episode which was a shame for the audience when they were so keen to find out who took Beth. It was enlarged for something that was quite small when it came to the conclusion of the kidnapping. However, I am still intrigued to see what these new villains are capable of as I expect Rick's group will attempt to rescue her and Carol. The setting was the best part of this episode as it was very attentive to detail and created a mysterious safe haven for these survivors but letting the audience detect something isn't quite "safe" about it, keeping them in the loop, wanting to carry on watching despite the downhill in the series from this episode. Not the best, but still opens up chances for different things to happen which I'm excited to see.

I have been a WD fan from the very beginning and haven't missed a minute of every episode. I gradually got emotionally attached to several group members and felt very sad that we lost a lot of them down the line. Every time I watch Beth, however, I feel sorry for her that she seemingly doesn't have the natural talent to connect with multiple viewers. In earlier episodes I had the same weak connection with Carol. However Carol recently rose to the occasion and I really hoped that Beth would do the same. Damn, I even started to like Bob!.

Unfortunately it seemed like a deja-vu when watching Beth, the only thing missing was that she did not sing any tune in this episode! Overall this slow paced episode was enjoyable to watch and several scenes were top notch. I still believe that she could grow in her role, but I sense that she will meet her maker in the mid season finale. Nevertheless my overall score is a solid 7, because I liked the cliffhanger, zombie splattering and overall acting. The multiple stories developing throughout this season make me hungry for more. Keep up the good work WD team!

Slabtown was not an atrocious episode by any means. No. It was tense, well acted and fairly entertaining for 43 minutes. But on a whole, it was highly forgettable.

The entire Hospital set-up was done well, with the 'antagonists' wonderfully creepy, but quite predictable. Emily Kinney was surprisingly solid this episode, though she still cannot express herself as diligently as her co-stars. However, thankfully the show does not seem stale, as the cliffhanger ending further propelled the multiple plot-threads of the show, meaning NOTHING LIKE WOODBURY.

Overall, while predictable and pretty forgettable due to fairly simple character work, Slabtown is still at times riveting and focused, providing viewers with 43 minutes filled with blood and death. 7.4/10

I find it very hard to enjoy an episode where I have so much trouble connecting to a character. Emily Kinney simply does not have the ability to portray her emotions in a way that feels real to me. It takes me out of the episode every single time. Tyler J. Williams was very good in this episode, and the other characters were sufficiently creepy enough to make me very uncomfortable. I spent the episode tipping back and forth from being bored, or being creep-ed out. I did not feel the episode revealed enough information to warrant 45 minutes of air time. It seemed very slow, and we still are left wondering what the purpose is of the place they are being held. All in all, I doubt I would watch this episode again.