While out recruiting, Daryl and Aaron find troubling signs of human activity. Back at Alexandria, Carl bonds with Enid, and the tension between Rick and Pete comes to a head.While out recruiting, Daryl and Aaron find troubling signs of human activity. Back at Alexandria, Carl bonds with Enid, and the tension between Rick and Pete comes to a head.While out recruiting, Daryl and Aaron find troubling signs of human activity. Back at Alexandria, Carl bonds with Enid, and the tension between Rick and Pete comes to a head.
- Maggie Rhee
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- Abraham Ford
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- Eugene Porter
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- Tara Chambler
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- Gabriel Stokes
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe close-up of the alarm clock Michonne (Danai Gurira) awakes to in scene 5 is similar to the alarm-clock in the comedy Groundhog Day (1993), starring Bill Murray. In the movie, Murray's character repeats the same day over and over; each day starts over with a close-up of the alarm clock going off at 6:00 am. The clock in this scene is the same model, set to 6:30.
- GoofsWhen Sasha is out hunting walkers, she fires at least 50 shots from her rifle without reloading. However the magazine her rifle has only holds 30 rounds.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Rick Grimes: [Rick holds Pete on the street pavement in front of the community members as Deanna comes running up] Stop it! Stop it right now.
Rick Grimes: [Rick continues to hold Pete in a choke hold] You touch them again and I'll kill you.
Deanna Monroe: Damn it, Rick! I said stop.
Rick Grimes: [Rick pulls out his revolver and aims it into the crowd of community members] Or what? You gonna kick me out?
Deanna Monroe: Put that gun down, Rick.
Rick Grimes: You still don't get it. None of you do!
Rick Grimes: [Sasha snipes walkers out from the tower as Rick's group and the community members watch Rick] We know what needs to be done and we do it. We're the ones who live. You, you just sit and plan and hesitate. You pretend like you know when you don't. You wish things weren't what they are. Well, you want to live? You want this place to stay standing? Your way of doing things is done. Things don't get better because you - You want them to. Starting right now, we have to live in the real world. We have to control who lives here.
Deanna Monroe: [Deanna responds to Rick looking down at him on his knees covered in blood] That's never been more clear to me than it is right now.
Rick Grimes: Me? Me? You...
Rick Grimes: [Rick laughs holding his hands up to himself] You mean - You mean me? Your way is gonna destroy this place. It's gonna get people killed. It's already gotten people killed. I'm not gonna stand by and just let it happen. If you don't fight, you die. I'm not gonna stand by and...
[Michonne knocks Rick unconscious by hitting him over the head]
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Walking Dead: The Journey So Far (2016)
Season 5 was not as consistent as the previous four seasons and had its slow spots, nonetheless it was generally one of 'The Walking Dead's' better seasons thanks to its high points being so brilliant. Contrary to what some fans say, the weakest episodes while patchy were in my respectful opinion still overall decent with a lot done right. Can totally understand the critical acclaim for Season 5's penultimate episode "Try". Consider "Try" one of the best episodes of the season, one of the most tension-filled and one to build things up for what's to come and also progress the storytelling and characters (the best of the season's episodes to do that). Another uncompromising scorcher, it is one of the show's most brutal and shocking episodes, while not doing it in a gratuitous way, and one of the most emotional.
Personally did not find "Try" too slow and didn't find some of the not quite as meaty characters indistinct. Actually found "Try" deliberate but taut and if there were characters a little more interesting than others that is only because the likes of Rick and Pete are written so brilliantly.
"Try" as always with 'The Walking Dead' looks great. It has gritty and audacious production design, visuals that are well crafted and have soul rather than being overused and abused and photography of almost cinematic quality. he music is haunting and affecting, without being intrusive. The direction is controlled yet alert.
Writing is thought-provoking and tight enough to stop it from rambling. The episode riddles with tension, with the brawl between Rick and Pete being a major highlight in this regard, one of the season's best individual scenes and pretty disturbing. As said, as well as things building and being set up, things feel like they are advancing. With Rick having his best material this whole season and of the whole show even, full of tautness, tension and emotion. Alexandria properly feels like a sense of community and settled more than any other of the show's communities, with a storyline that grips from beginning to end.
All the performances are top notch, with Andrew Lincoln giving some of his best acting of the show and perhaps of his career. It was an intense and deeply felt performance.
In conclusion, brilliant. 10/10
- TheLittleSongbird
- May 12, 2019
Details
- Runtime42 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD