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
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- 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)
The episode was just flawlessly done and perfectly captured the antithesis between Pacifism (Morgan) and kill or be killed mentality (Carol) in a post-apocalyptic world. It's no wonder Carol is one of my favourite characters on the show. The Walking Dead has been such a treat since the beginning of season 5. If the writing continues in this direction, this season may actually cement the Walking Dead as one of the greatest, if not "the greatest", TV show of all time.
If I could give the episode 20/10, I would; it was even better than the Season 5 opener with Terminus.
As a fan of the comics, even though I know where the story is heading in the general sense, I love how the show switches things around a bit so that I can't predict what will happen next. I won't spoil anything, but let's just say the show played around with the order of events a little bit - I always seem to like the changes, however, as well as the slight additions to the story. For example, the Wolves actually aren't characters in the comics, and neither is Terminus (In the comics the Terminus group are actually called 'the Hunters', a marauding group of cannibals that Rick disposes of very quickly- so I think the show handled the "hunters" much better than the comics, and dare I say, I think the show's rendition of the Wolves equals or even surpasses some of Robert Kirkman's best writing in the comics regarding certain other groups - for those who haven't read the comics, you'll see soon enough - no spoilers). Those are just some examples to prove how the show is sometimes better than the actual source material, although that isn't always the case if I'm picky. Generally though, I prefer the show to the comics because for one, live action story telling is much more effective for ingratiating us with the characters, and secondly, the actors are just phenomenal.
With that said, I'm a little worried for the show's future now that it's slowly catching up to the source material; season 6 will come very close to the last comic book issues published this year, and as a fan I have some concerns. For instance, I wonder if the writing will be as good in season 7 and 8 (if the show goes that far) once the writers no longer have comic book source material to draw upon. I really hope it will; I mean, the show has done a great job adding to the story already, so I have faith that they'll come up with something great if need be. Regardless, I hope Robert Kirkman gets off his arse and starts writing more of those damn comics. The success of the show depends upon him - we all saw what happens when you don't have great source material for a zombie show - you end up with Fear the Walking Dead, which any real zombie fan must admit is a complete crap shoot - not that it can't get better, but that it certainly didn't get off to a good start.
Folks, THIS was the REAL Walking Dead tonight, and, if things continue as they are in season 6, 7, and 8, the Walking Dead will certainly become top on my list for greatest TV series of all time (that's right, even above Breaking Bad!). Enough said.
- serbian_007
- Oct 18, 2015
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- Douglasville, Georgia, USA(on location)
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- Runtime44 minutes
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- 16:9 HD