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The Walking Dead: Here's Not Here (2015)
The Walking Dead told beautifully
"Here's Not Here" tells the beautiful and tragic story of how Morgan Jones evolved from being alive just to "clear" walkers and people who roam the earth to the Morgan we know today. After Morgan leaves his old safe house, crazier than ever, he decides to take his clearing outside, killing several walkers and people. When he finds a friendly survivor named Eastman living in a cabin, Morgan's initial plan is to kill him and take his supplies. That plan quickly goes south however and Morgan is captured. Eastman, who has worked with people like Morgan before, manages to get him on the right track again. He even teaches Morgan Aikido, a form of self defense that puts emphasis on not killing or harming others while also defending one self which is what Morgan's arguably most famous for today. The episode is much deeper than that however. The story of Eastman is horrific even compared to The show's standard and even though this is the only episode he's been in, you definitely feel sorry for him. "Here's Not Here" is another great episode of "The Walking Dead". This one however focuses on friendship and coming back from a dark place and finding yourself again. The story of Morgan is something we've all wanted to know about and this did not disappoint. 9/10.
The Vampire Diaries: I Carry Your Heart with Me (2015)
Blackout High on Blood
"I Carry Your Heart with Me" is one of the better episodes of this season - not without its fair amount of cringe though. In this week's flash forward we see Damon stop by Alaric (and his kids!) to presumably reunite with his old friend and try to defuse this future crisis that we don't know much about yet. A cool scene nonetheless. Back in present time, Damon finds Oscar dead and has to cancel the trade for Elena's coffin. This has several consequences. Mary Louise and Nora decide to go on a killing spree at a Halloween party which really just leads to awkward heretic drama that we don't really care for at this point. It does however give 'some' character development. Damon, determined to get Elena's coffin back, resurrects Oscar with help from Bonnie and the Phoenix stone. Oscar escapes and goes on a killing spree for more human blood before being captured and returned to Lily. This episode had a rough start but the Damon/Oscar scenes were definitely entertaining to watch. They really brought back the horror aspect of this show and the cliffhanger made me excited to see what happens next. My vote is 8/10
The Walking Dead: Thank You (2015)
The excitement is tearing me apart
The third episode of the sixth season of "The Walking Dead" named "Thank You" truly is The Walking Dead at its best. The episode is centered around Rick's group and what happens after episode 6x01 when the horn sounded. While Daryl, Abraham and Sasha try to stick to the original plan, Rick and the others split up to make it back to Alexandria to find out what's going on. While also being followed by a big portion of the herd. The trip there is proved to be extremely difficult. Glenn, Michonne, Nicholas and Heath along with some other of the Alexandrians arrive at a nearby town but are unable to find a working car. Glenn and Nicholas decide that they need to burn up a building in order to distract the incoming herd of walkers. However, the plan fails which leads to one of the most emotional, horrible and powerful scenes in the series. I understand that speculations have already started on this one so I'm just going to say: I hope he's alive but at the same time I don't want "The Walking Dead" to turn into the next show that can't kill off major characters. Rick is all alone in this episode, well, for the most part at least. After running back to the RV, Rick gets ambushed by surviving Wolves. After out-gunning them all, the noise has attracted a lot of walkers and with the RV not starting, Rick'll one hell of a way back to Alexandria. "Thank You" is the best episode of this season so far and one of the best episodes of the entire series. We got to see walker killing action, survivor vs survivor action and some really heartbreaking and breathtaking scenes. Andrew Lincolns acting is also truly amazing in this one! My vote is 10/10
The Vampire Diaries: Age of Innocence (2015)
Back and forth cringe and action.
"Age of Innocence" is the third episode of the seventh season of "The Vampire Diaries". The episode starts off with a flash forward three years in to the future like the other two episodes of this season have. This time we see Stefan set fire to his beloved car while warning a friend. "Age of Innocence" is essentially made up of two parts. One following Stefan, Caroline and Lily along with her heretics. The other, more exciting part of the episode follows Damon, Bonnie and Alaric. Caroline, still being held hostage, is told stories about Stefan and Valerie's time spent together in 1863, making Caroline jealous. Stefan and Lily also reminisce about the past. This part feels both boring and unrealistic because Stefan and Valerie are portrayed as if they have a strong bond even though they only spent the night together once over a hundred years ago, making this part irrelevant and annoying. On to the more exciting part! Damon, Bonnie and Alaric go on a mission to find Oscar, one of Lily's heretics, to trade for Elena's coffin. Coming well armed and ready for battle, the three of them are surprised to find out that Oscar is very friendly. That is, until he finds out they have the Phoenix stone! This episode is a mix of cringe-worthy flashbacks to 1863 and Interesting action and conflict. My vote is 5.
The Vampire Diaries: Never Let Me Go (2015)
LOST with Vampires or really exciting! We'll see..
The second episode of the seventh season of The Vampire diaries starts out, like the first episode of the season, with a flash forward three years into the future. This time, a little less exciting. In the aftermath of last week's episode, Damon, Stefan and Bonnie try to rescue Caroline from Lily with help from Matt. The thing with this season so far, is that the writers prove that the show doesn't need Elena to work. However, the viewers are constantly reminded of her absence thus creating an awkward situation in general. I just hope they'll focus on her less as the season continues. As for the flash forwards, I hope that they don't contribute to any plot holes or this show will indeed become "LOST" with vampires. Alaric gets a new, original and exciting storyline with a new item called the "phoenix stone" that supposedly has the power of resurrection but with some side effects. As for Enzo, loyalty still lies with Lily but I think we all secretly hope that he'll become Damon's bad ass friend again.
These first few episodes have (like they should) been laying the groundwork for the rest of the season. Though the show is not what it once was, I'm still fairly excited to see where all of this will lead. My vote is 7/10.
The Vampire Diaries: I'm Thinking of You All the While (2015)
Great way to end a pretty bad season.
OKay, I'll start off the review by saying that this is by far the best episode of this season, and to some, the whole series. This episode has both intense action and beautiful, touching moments. The exciting parts are mostly from the aftermath of Jo and Alaric's wedding where several conflicts and exciting twists occur. First off we have everyone's favorite new Villain Kai who's in danger several times this episode but always seems to have a plan B. Even though there's a lot of good action, the episode is mostly built around revisits and references to old happier times that occurred earlier. This jumping between happy/touching moments and intense action sequences can, to me, only be compared to the season three finale "The Departed". Of course, this wouldn't be "The Vampire Diaries" if the season didn't end with a cliffhanger but to my surprise, it wasn't as brutal and annoying as I thought it would be. As a matter of fact, that ending scene gave me new hope for a show I had lost faith in for a very long time.