The season finale of The Walking Dead functioned mainly as a prolonged teaser for the battle to come.
The episode is at its most artful when sound accentuates the way the storylines have been braided together.
In tonight’s episode of The Walking Dead, both Sasha and Rosita’s quiet heroism comes into sharper focus.
The episode takes a break from the hatchet-faced military strategizing and obligatory slicing and dicing.
The midseason finale of The Walking Dead’s was as bleak as ever, but it closed on a major note of hope.
The episode provides more examples of the authoritarian fascism that gives this season an urgent sense of relevancy.
Angela Kang’s screenplay efficiently establishes the riches that are available to the Santuary’s elite.
Every quick cut of a peaceful and happy time is a sliver of a lost past—or vision of a future that can now never happen.
This terrific neo-noir has been outfitted with a beautiful transfer and no extras to speak of, which is a shame.
The season finale of The Walking Dead builds toward its conclusion with self-consciously melodramatic flair.
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