Still mourning from the recent tragic losses, Rick and the people of Alexandria receive a sobering visit from Negan and his Saviors.Still mourning from the recent tragic losses, Rick and the people of Alexandria receive a sobering visit from Negan and his Saviors.Still mourning from the recent tragic losses, Rick and the people of Alexandria receive a sobering visit from Negan and his Saviors.
Lauren Cohan
- Maggie Greene
- (credit only)
Melissa McBride
- Carol Peletier
- (credit only)
Lennie James
- Morgan Jones
- (credit only)
Sonequa Martin-Green
- Sasha Williams
- (credit only)
Alanna Masterson
- Tara Chambler
- (credit only)
Tom Payne
- Paul 'Jesus' Rovia
- (credit only)
Xander Berkeley
- Gregory
- (credit only)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThere is speculation that Daryl (Norman Reedus) was communicating with Rick (Andrew Lincoln) via Morse code. Daryl was blinking extremely fast and Rick was tapping his fingers on Negan's (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) bat. An earlier scene showed a Morse code poster.
- GoofsAfter Michonne wakes before the intro credits, the "American Morse Code" sign on the wall has an 'N' improperly labeled. 'N' Should be dash-dot, instead it is depicted as dot-dash, which is the letter 'A'
- ConnectionsFeatured in Talking Dead: The Cell (2016)
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Lacklustre and far from sobering service
Actually thought that the first three episodes of Season 7, "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be", "The Well" and "The Cell", were well done despite flaws and started off the deservedly much-maligned seventh season of 'The Walking Dead' quite well. None of them were examples of the show at its best, but it did show that Season 7 did have potential if the quite high standard continued and improved, sadly with a couple of exceptions though none of those happened and in fact quite the opposite.
It is with "Service" where Season 7 started to stumble. As far as it and 'The Walking Dead's' previous episodes go, although worse actually was to come, "Service" is the worst by some way. It has good things too far and between, but it is the epitome of everything that was wrong with the season which sadly, like with this episode, was most things. Not terrible but rather lacklustre, and for this point of the show that couldn't be a more disappointing way to describe an episode.
Not everything is done badly. Mostly it is visually quite atmospheric, especially the location and lighting. Much of the photography is slick if not as cinematic-worthy of most of the previous episodes. The music is suitably ominous.
Rick is a compelling character and Andrew Lincoln acts the heck out of him. Jeffrey Dean Morgan does his best as Negan, though his material is weak this time round and the character is one of the primary reasons as to why the episode doesn't work. Actually the acting was not an issue.
"Service" has a lot wrong, and as said a lot of the flaws are frequent problems throughout Season 7 (and 8). A major problem is Negan himself, there is far too much of him and while he was menacing in his previous appearances he is a one-note and clownish caricature here. The episode does nothing to add anything new to his character or advance him, it actually feels like we know everything about Negan already from his previous appearances where he showed such potential and the show was starting to drag it all out. Carl is also incredibly annoying here and his role in the story is not interesting and adds very little and there is a lot of character stupidity (including from Rick) and too many things that don't add up, the list of them being as endless as Negan's speeches.
There is no real tension or suspense, with slow-burn being taken to extremes. The pace is very leaden and hurt by the uneventful-ness of the story and that the writing is incredibly tedious rather than tight. Negan's dialogue is so repetitive and has no urgency or menace whatsoever. Characters that are so interesting are losing what made them as memorable as they were and the episode does very little if anything to progress character developments and story lines, one questions the point of it as a result.
On the whole, lacklustre, dull and bland with too many annoyances. 4/10
It is with "Service" where Season 7 started to stumble. As far as it and 'The Walking Dead's' previous episodes go, although worse actually was to come, "Service" is the worst by some way. It has good things too far and between, but it is the epitome of everything that was wrong with the season which sadly, like with this episode, was most things. Not terrible but rather lacklustre, and for this point of the show that couldn't be a more disappointing way to describe an episode.
Not everything is done badly. Mostly it is visually quite atmospheric, especially the location and lighting. Much of the photography is slick if not as cinematic-worthy of most of the previous episodes. The music is suitably ominous.
Rick is a compelling character and Andrew Lincoln acts the heck out of him. Jeffrey Dean Morgan does his best as Negan, though his material is weak this time round and the character is one of the primary reasons as to why the episode doesn't work. Actually the acting was not an issue.
"Service" has a lot wrong, and as said a lot of the flaws are frequent problems throughout Season 7 (and 8). A major problem is Negan himself, there is far too much of him and while he was menacing in his previous appearances he is a one-note and clownish caricature here. The episode does nothing to add anything new to his character or advance him, it actually feels like we know everything about Negan already from his previous appearances where he showed such potential and the show was starting to drag it all out. Carl is also incredibly annoying here and his role in the story is not interesting and adds very little and there is a lot of character stupidity (including from Rick) and too many things that don't add up, the list of them being as endless as Negan's speeches.
There is no real tension or suspense, with slow-burn being taken to extremes. The pace is very leaden and hurt by the uneventful-ness of the story and that the writing is incredibly tedious rather than tight. Negan's dialogue is so repetitive and has no urgency or menace whatsoever. Characters that are so interesting are losing what made them as memorable as they were and the episode does very little if anything to progress character developments and story lines, one questions the point of it as a result.
On the whole, lacklustre, dull and bland with too many annoyances. 4/10
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- TheLittleSongbird
- Nov 9, 2020
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