This is what "Last Day on Earth" & "The Time Will Come When You Wont be" should have been.
Let me take you back to Season 6 Episode 16, one of the lowest rated episodes of the show for known reasons. In my own opinion, that episode was a genius presentation on how to make an audience have a heart-pounding tense experience, the suspenful soundtrack playing in the background, the fear for Maggie's life, the repeated blocking of roads, and finally, the feeling of helplessness that the line-up scene brought to the audience, ending with that unfortunate cliffhanger *that I myself didn't mind much but was still pissed off on how it was excuted* For me, that episode is on my list of the best TV episodes of all time.
Now moving forward to Season 7 Episode 1, where they counted heavly on flashbacks to bring back that feeling of unease again to the audience, in addition to the fact that everyone had been waiting for 6 months to find out who got killed.
You see, the reason I bring both of these episodes up, is because I believe tonight's episode was the perfect representation of how they should have dealt with Glenn & Abrahams deaths back then. Through out this extended episode, your heart is pounding, you know *wether you read the comics or not* that something is going to happen, the genius excution of making you feel uneasy is back again, but this time, ohh boy, this time they did it 10 times better. I was crushed, I am still crushed, in all honesty I am not even aware if I am making a point with this review or not, I just want to vent, there is this feeling in my chest that I only feel on rare occasions.
They did it so well! Part of me is sad that not a lot of people got to see how TWD is still very much alive, it's still one of the best TV shows out there. This scene is on the same level as Marvel's desentegration scene in my opinion. I hope this episode brings back people to watch the show again. I don't think I'll be able to do anything today other than depressing over this episode.
Let me take you back to Season 6 Episode 16, one of the lowest rated episodes of the show for known reasons. In my own opinion, that episode was a genius presentation on how to make an audience have a heart-pounding tense experience, the suspenful soundtrack playing in the background, the fear for Maggie's life, the repeated blocking of roads, and finally, the feeling of helplessness that the line-up scene brought to the audience, ending with that unfortunate cliffhanger *that I myself didn't mind much but was still pissed off on how it was excuted* For me, that episode is on my list of the best TV episodes of all time.
Now moving forward to Season 7 Episode 1, where they counted heavly on flashbacks to bring back that feeling of unease again to the audience, in addition to the fact that everyone had been waiting for 6 months to find out who got killed.
You see, the reason I bring both of these episodes up, is because I believe tonight's episode was the perfect representation of how they should have dealt with Glenn & Abrahams deaths back then. Through out this extended episode, your heart is pounding, you know *wether you read the comics or not* that something is going to happen, the genius excution of making you feel uneasy is back again, but this time, ohh boy, this time they did it 10 times better. I was crushed, I am still crushed, in all honesty I am not even aware if I am making a point with this review or not, I just want to vent, there is this feeling in my chest that I only feel on rare occasions.
They did it so well! Part of me is sad that not a lot of people got to see how TWD is still very much alive, it's still one of the best TV shows out there. This scene is on the same level as Marvel's desentegration scene in my opinion. I hope this episode brings back people to watch the show again. I don't think I'll be able to do anything today other than depressing over this episode.