Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below
Gore, gut-wrenching,
inhuman, there is no single word alone with which you can brand the latest
installment of the Waking Dead. If you are big fan of the show and have watched
the latest episode then I am sure, that for days you would have to live with
the horrors which you witnessed, if not speak about it. Being a big fan of ‘The
Walking Dead’, I was also hyped for this season’s premiere having knew that I
have to sit through some difficult scenes given the premise of last’s year
season’s finale. To my utter surprise what I was actually welcomed to was 43
minutes of torture masqueraded as survival horror drama.
I see Negan played by Jeffery Dean Morgan going at great and
unnecessary lengths just to prove his point i.e. he is not the person to mess
with. It was very disturbing for me to
see him murder Abrham and Our beloved Glenn. What was sadder was the fact they
were given no amount of dignity in their deaths. If you ask me, walkers tearing them down
would have been better to cope with than what Negan actually did with them.
It’s very hard to recall those horrific moments and this was one episode of the
franchise which I am definitely not seeing again
.
Now let’s talk about Glenn. It was speculated in the
internet that Glenn was going to die because he did so in the comics in the
same scenario. But we also know that the show has not been complete loyal to
the comic books and so the speculations like that can be debatable. But the
makers of the show had decided already to mock anyone who were having faith in him.
First it was revealed that it was actually Abraham who was at the end of Negan’s
bat which provided me a short relief in midst of tense scenes as I thought
Glenn was safe. But no, the makers were settled for two major blows to the fans.
Moments later Glenn was killed out of nowhere.
Coming to the story, there was nothing to it. Like I mentioned
before it was torture which was masqueraded as survival horror drama. The entire
episode was about Negan. I think the makers invested unnecessary amount of
screen time on him. Throughout the episode I see him having his way with his
victims and getting enjoyment out of it. It was not long that I had enough of
watching him.
Speaking about the performances I cannot deny that that Jeffery
Dean Morgan was very much convincing in his role as the new bad guy who needs
to die as soon as possible. Andrew Lincoln was also equally brilliant in portraying
the sufferings of Rick grimes. Laurie Cohen was did good in her part playing
the sick Maggie who just witnessed the death of her beloved husband.
Considering the new tone the episode has set, I don’t expect
to find some favorable turn of events in the storyline anytime soon. Overall it was a very bad episode to begin the
new season considering it was such a hyped one. If you care about my ratings
for the episode then I would give it four out of 10 stars.
