While Rick and his group lure the herd away, Carol and Morgan lead a line of defense against the Wolves when Alexandria comes under attack.While Rick and his group lure the herd away, Carol and Morgan lead a line of defense against the Wolves when Alexandria comes under attack.While Rick and his group lure the herd away, Carol and Morgan lead a line of defense against the Wolves when Alexandria comes under attack.
- Rick Grimes
- (credit only)
- Daryl Dixon
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- Glenn Rhee
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- Michonne
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- Abraham Ford
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- Sasha Williams
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe 'Morley' pack of cigarrettes that Carol finds is a popular, albeit fictional, brand found throughout movies and TV. In particular they were made famous as the brand smoked by the Cigarette Smoking Man on The X-Files (1993).
- GoofsDespite knowing dangerous groups of people are nearby and his own son's penchant for wandering away from home, Rick still hasn't blocked the wall supports (that he mentioned when first arriving) from being climbed.
- Quotes
[five wolves surround Morgan in the middle of the street at the community]
Blond Wolf: [the blond wolf recognizes Morgan] You. You live here?
Morgan Jones: [Morgan takes a defensive stance to fight all five wolves with one swing of his stick at a time] Leave. My people have guns. Yours don't. They may be aiming rifles at you right now. Eyes at the scopes. Fingers on the trigger. Boom. It's gonna happen any second now unless you get the hell out of here and don't ever come back. You keep choosing this life, you will die.
Blond Wolf: We didn't choose.
[the blond wolf clicks his tongue at Morgan before the remaining five wolves retreat out of the gate entrance]
- ConnectionsFeatured in Talking Dead: JSS (2015)
Season 6 was inconsistent but boasted a lot of fantastic elements that made it more than watchable. Also thought it started off brilliantly, absolutely loved the previous episode "First Time Again" and love "JSS" just as much (perhaps even more), as one can gather those two are among the sixth season's best and among the latter seasons' best too. Like "First Time Again", "JSS" has a lot going on, is taut, is uncompromisingly tense, emotional and is exceptionally well made (actually stands out on that front), like the best of 'The Walking Dead'. Can totally see why it was critically acclaimed, even if it is more mixed here, and it deserves it in my opinion.
"JSS", as always with 'The Walking Dead' is superb in the production values. Not as unique as the previous episode's, The gritty and audacious production design still remains, photography worthy of a film, suitably frightening make-up and visuals that don't look amateurish in any way and like they were made with heart and effort. The music is haunting and affecting, without being intrusive. The direction is some of the best of the whole of 'The Walking Dead' up to this point, both visually and providing the right amount and kind of drama.
What really stands out here is some of the most tense and terrifying storytelling of Season 6, of the latter seasons and in the whole of 'The Walking Dead', in the assault on Alexandria. So unexpected and with plenty of intensity, the Wolves also genuinely frightening. Enid's backstory is intriguing too and the action is edge of your seat worthy in how thrilling it is.
Loved the contrasting views of particularly Carol and Morgan, and Melissa McBride and Lennie James' powerful performances help enormously. The writing is as taut as can be and the dialogue-driven scenes didn't come over as too talky to me. The story is always compelling, Denise's dilemma is not as strongly done as the rest of the story elements but showed a lot of promise. The character interaction is tense and emotional.
In conclusion, superb episode and indicative of a very promising start to Season 6. 10/10
- TheLittleSongbird
- Jun 13, 2019
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- Douglasville, Georgia, USA(on location)
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- Runtime44 minutes
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- 16:9 HD