We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including Hawaii Five-0, This Is Us, The Flash and Gotham!
1 | As entertainingly mismatched as Inhumans‘ Medusa and Louise are, is the obvious Thelma and Louise homage a bit too on the nose, down to the convertible they’re tooling around in?
2 | Isn’t it long past time that Jane the Virgin retired the Sin Rosetro storyline?
RelatedAsk Ausiello: Spoilers on The X-Files, The Walking Dead, The Flash, Once, Lucifer, New Girl, Big Bang, Supernatural...
1 | As entertainingly mismatched as Inhumans‘ Medusa and Louise are, is the obvious Thelma and Louise homage a bit too on the nose, down to the convertible they’re tooling around in?
2 | Isn’t it long past time that Jane the Virgin retired the Sin Rosetro storyline?
RelatedAsk Ausiello: Spoilers on The X-Files, The Walking Dead, The Flash, Once, Lucifer, New Girl, Big Bang, Supernatural...
- 10/20/2017
- TVLine.com
It's time to return to the zombie apocalypse!
The Walking Dead's 100th episode, which also happens to be the AMC drama's season eight premiere, will crawl onto our screens this Sunday, Oct. 22, with an action-packed episode that is sure to have everyone on social media buzzing.
The undead drama is (by far!) the deadliest series in television history and we've said a grueling goodbye to more than 50 key players over the course of 100 episodes.
So to help you get prepared for this season's inevitable onslaught of chaos and surprising kills, we're taking a look back at eight of The Walking Dead's most gut-wrenching and gruesome deaths that we totally forgot about -- and we bet you did too!
More: Norman Reedus Reveals the Surprising Way He'd Like Daryl Dixon to Die on 'The Walking Dead'
R.I.P. Sophia
Death Date: Season 2, Ep. 7 "Pretty Much Dead Already"
How She Died: After searching for a missing...
The Walking Dead's 100th episode, which also happens to be the AMC drama's season eight premiere, will crawl onto our screens this Sunday, Oct. 22, with an action-packed episode that is sure to have everyone on social media buzzing.
The undead drama is (by far!) the deadliest series in television history and we've said a grueling goodbye to more than 50 key players over the course of 100 episodes.
So to help you get prepared for this season's inevitable onslaught of chaos and surprising kills, we're taking a look back at eight of The Walking Dead's most gut-wrenching and gruesome deaths that we totally forgot about -- and we bet you did too!
More: Norman Reedus Reveals the Surprising Way He'd Like Daryl Dixon to Die on 'The Walking Dead'
R.I.P. Sophia
Death Date: Season 2, Ep. 7 "Pretty Much Dead Already"
How She Died: After searching for a missing...
- 10/20/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Things all came together, then fell apart again.
Rittenhouse was everywhere on Timeless Season 1 Episode 16, the season finale.
And the surprises just kept coming.
The first surprise was that Lucy's ex-fiance Noah actually answers her calls.
Any self-respecting doctor loves to remove bullets in a warehouse hideout.
And his reward: Lucy telling him "it's not you; it's me" and "Don't let the door hit you in the ass."
Not her finest moment. But hey, she didn't choose him. Rather history forced him onto her. So her reaction is understandable.
Next up: Christopher smuggles Jiya out of Mason Industries, and she ends up going along as co-pilot because Rufus is woozy and may pass out again.
But it's Jiya that time travel doesn't agree with, as she ends up collapsing and seizing.
It looks like Rufus's job as the Lifeboat pilot is safe.
And there's something funky happening during Jiya's seizures.
Rittenhouse was everywhere on Timeless Season 1 Episode 16, the season finale.
And the surprises just kept coming.
The first surprise was that Lucy's ex-fiance Noah actually answers her calls.
Any self-respecting doctor loves to remove bullets in a warehouse hideout.
And his reward: Lucy telling him "it's not you; it's me" and "Don't let the door hit you in the ass."
Not her finest moment. But hey, she didn't choose him. Rather history forced him onto her. So her reaction is understandable.
Next up: Christopher smuggles Jiya out of Mason Industries, and she ends up going along as co-pilot because Rufus is woozy and may pass out again.
But it's Jiya that time travel doesn't agree with, as she ends up collapsing and seizing.
It looks like Rufus's job as the Lifeboat pilot is safe.
And there's something funky happening during Jiya's seizures.
- 2/21/2017
- by Dale McGarrigle
- TVfanatic
Last year, The Walking Dead strained the patience of fans with one ratings gimmick after another. First, there was the incredulous Dumpster incident where Glenn survived (because zombies never go for the face?), then there was Daryl getting shot with his own crossbow. And finally, the coup de grâce, the cliffhanger of “Who did Negan kill?” that gave audiences 202 days to both speculate on the victim’s identity and become desensitized to the inevitability. Things became so dire that HitFix’s own Alan Sepinwall washed his hands of the show completely. Warning: Spoilers From Season 7 Of The Walking Dead Beyond This Point. I was still tentatively on board. The Walking Dead has pulled itself out of bad decisions in the past and after sinking six years into this relationship, I wasn’t willing to walk away just yet. Until after the Season 7 premiere. Now it’s official. I’m breaking up with The Walking Dead.
- 10/24/2016
- by Donna Dickens
- Hitfix
The Performer | Mary J. Blige
The Show | The Wiz Live (Dec. 3, 2015)
The Performance | It’s more than understandable if you went into NBC’s The Wiz Live with some trepidation about its 2 hour and 45 minute running time. After all, that’s careening toward Super Bowl length — with no halftime show to break up the action.
RelatedRatings: The Wiz Live Crushes Peter Pan
Quite impressively, however, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron’s production zipped on down the road without any lag in energy — thanks to excellent performances, eye-popping costumes and kicky choreography. And an hour and 51 minutes in, the musical got...
The Show | The Wiz Live (Dec. 3, 2015)
The Performance | It’s more than understandable if you went into NBC’s The Wiz Live with some trepidation about its 2 hour and 45 minute running time. After all, that’s careening toward Super Bowl length — with no halftime show to break up the action.
RelatedRatings: The Wiz Live Crushes Peter Pan
Quite impressively, however, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron’s production zipped on down the road without any lag in energy — thanks to excellent performances, eye-popping costumes and kicky choreography. And an hour and 51 minutes in, the musical got...
- 12/5/2015
- TVLine.com
Since the premiere of The Walking Dead in 2010, various showrunners who’ve adapted the Robert Kirkman comic book, from Frank Darabont to Scott Gimple, have offered their own contributions in the form of original characters. The Walking Dead has strayed considerably from its source material since its premiere, and the writers have offered new characters not directly featured in the original comic series as a means of expanding story lines, offering our main characters obstacles, or to act as a plot device to a wider storyline. Some of the show’s original offerings have ranged from forgettable to wildly successful, and these are five of the show’s best original characters introduced to the show. These five have offered interesting story lines, complex arcs, and dramatic tension to the wide universe of The Walking Dead.
5. Noah
Introduced in Season Five
Noah has had the most complete and tragic arc of...
5. Noah
Introduced in Season Five
Noah has had the most complete and tragic arc of...
- 11/29/2015
- by Felix Vasquez Jr.
- SoundOnSight
Is Glenn’s fate on ‘The Walking Dead’ the football to the audience’s Charlie Brown? After three weeks of dangling his fate like a carrot on a string, “The Walking Dead” finally revealed what happened to Glenn after Nicholas knocked them both into a herd of walkers as his final — inept — act. If you’ve yet to see the episode, flee now. If you don’t want to know about possible spoilers from “The Walking Dead” comic and what that could mean for the back half of the season in 2016, flee now. If you want to live in a hopeful world where everything is gonna be okay at the end of the day, flee now. For the rest of you? Are you as worried about Negan as I am? Warning: “The Walking Dead” Spoilers And Speculation Beyond This Point. This season of “The Walking Dead” has been uniquely structured.
- 11/23/2015
- by Donna Dickens
- Hitfix
A review of tonight's "The Walking Dead" coming up just as soon as I find a building that will burn... "Thing is, they aren't all gonna make it." -Rick Well, that's not something I was expecting to see happen anytime soon on the show, if ever. The series' key philosophical conflict at the moment involves Rick's group trying to toughen up the pampered, whiny Alexandrians, who think their new ant overlords neighbors are being way too ruthless and dangerous. "Thank You" puts that conflict even more front and center than the premiere or last week's failed Wolves invasion did, by placing Michonne and Glenn in charge of a group of Alexandrians who are in way over their heads as they try to make it back home ahead of the stray zombie herd. The show has struggled at times in finding the good balance in this debate. Obviously, Rick is right and the Alexandrians are wrong,...
- 10/26/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Well, it had to end sometime. After weeks of pretending she was nothing more than a mild-mannered housewife in sensible slacks, Carol "I used to make miracles happen with water chestnuts" Peletier finally had to drop the ruse and once again assume her rightful mantel of badassery on "The Walking Dead." It's just a shame it took watching one of her frenemies get hacked to death with a machete to do it.
Yes, Shelly, cigarettes really will kill you, as the unfortunate Alexandrian learned when she went out for a smoke and was suddenly and viciously attacked by an invading Wolf. Truth.org couldn't have written a grimmer anti-smoking ad. Earlier, Carol had chided Shelly about her "disgusting habit," noting that there were already enough things out in the world trying to kill them. And then, those things showed up in the form of a giant pack of Wolves.
It...
Yes, Shelly, cigarettes really will kill you, as the unfortunate Alexandrian learned when she went out for a smoke and was suddenly and viciously attacked by an invading Wolf. Truth.org couldn't have written a grimmer anti-smoking ad. Earlier, Carol had chided Shelly about her "disgusting habit," noting that there were already enough things out in the world trying to kill them. And then, those things showed up in the form of a giant pack of Wolves.
It...
- 10/19/2015
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
The Walking Dead, Season 6, Episode 1, “First Time Again”
Written by Scott M Gimple, Matthew Negrete
Directed by Greg Nicotero
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on AMC
“That’s how it is. You always think there’s one more peanut butter left.”
One thing that you have to love about The Walking Dead is that every season there’s a new stake and a higher cost to consider for our survivors. Every season has seen Rick’s world get smaller and smaller, starting with herds on highways and the Center for Disease Control basically throwing in the towel at the mercy of the zombie apocalypse. Now Rick’s world has gotten so much smaller, as has everyone else’s. It’s always been a wonder to Rick and everyone else why Alexandria has remained untouched and generally oblivious to the outside world and the infected. Rick accidentally gets an insight into...
Written by Scott M Gimple, Matthew Negrete
Directed by Greg Nicotero
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on AMC
“That’s how it is. You always think there’s one more peanut butter left.”
One thing that you have to love about The Walking Dead is that every season there’s a new stake and a higher cost to consider for our survivors. Every season has seen Rick’s world get smaller and smaller, starting with herds on highways and the Center for Disease Control basically throwing in the towel at the mercy of the zombie apocalypse. Now Rick’s world has gotten so much smaller, as has everyone else’s. It’s always been a wonder to Rick and everyone else why Alexandria has remained untouched and generally oblivious to the outside world and the infected. Rick accidentally gets an insight into...
- 10/12/2015
- by Felix Vasquez Jr.
- SoundOnSight
You know, it really hasn't been Rick Grimes' day, his week, his month, or even his year. But Daryl Dixon and his friends from "The Walking Dead" will be there for him, as shown in this creative mashup with the AMC show getting the "Friends" theme song over its credits:
So no one told you the zombie apocalypse was gonna be this way... [clap clap clap clap bleeeccchhh]
"The Walking Dead" has had some genuinely funny moments over the years, but Carol shooting Lizzie, Hershel getting his neck chopped off, and Noah enduring the revolving door of death are not among them. But it's still funny to see them here, proving how editing can completely change the tone of any scene. Plus, it is kinda funny to hear the "Your love life's Doa" line as perpetually single Daryl pulls up in his motorcycle.
So now they -- The Woodcreek Faction, who made this video --...
So no one told you the zombie apocalypse was gonna be this way... [clap clap clap clap bleeeccchhh]
"The Walking Dead" has had some genuinely funny moments over the years, but Carol shooting Lizzie, Hershel getting his neck chopped off, and Noah enduring the revolving door of death are not among them. But it's still funny to see them here, proving how editing can completely change the tone of any scene. Plus, it is kinda funny to hear the "Your love life's Doa" line as perpetually single Daryl pulls up in his motorcycle.
So now they -- The Woodcreek Faction, who made this video --...
- 10/12/2015
- by Gina Carbone
- Moviefone
Like a nightclub promoted by Stefan on "Saturday Night Live," last night's season six premiere of "The Walking Dead" had everything: A literal parade of thousands and thousands of zombies; Daryl back on his motorcycle; a (somewhat effective) black and white flashback device that made some people actually suspect that their TVs were malfunctioning; Ethan Embry -- just about every millennial's late-'90s crush -- literally getting his face bitten off.
It was, more or less, an embarrassment of riches, though like the 90-minute season five finale, I found this similarly-long installment both overstuffed and underdeveloped. Producers seemed determined to pack every second with action, though the merits of some of said action can be debated. But the aforementioned ridiculously huge horde of walkers was the main attraction, and it didn't disappoint; when the camera panned out from that quarry, and I realized just how vast their ranks were, I actually gasped.
It was, more or less, an embarrassment of riches, though like the 90-minute season five finale, I found this similarly-long installment both overstuffed and underdeveloped. Producers seemed determined to pack every second with action, though the merits of some of said action can be debated. But the aforementioned ridiculously huge horde of walkers was the main attraction, and it didn't disappoint; when the camera panned out from that quarry, and I realized just how vast their ranks were, I actually gasped.
- 10/12/2015
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
In the sixth season premiere of The Walking Dead, Rick laid out a dangerous but doable plan to dispense with a quarry full of walkers before they broke through the semis that had blocked them in and marched on Alexandria (or attracted a whole lot More walkers with their argh’ing). And it went really well.
Just kidding.
It went awry. Like, completely and totally, disastrously awry. And if you keep reading, I’ll explain how.
RelatedWalking Dead Ep Reveals Why [Spoiler] Had to Die — Plus: Are the B&W Flashbacks Here to Stay?
Time Warp | Although the episode jumped...
Just kidding.
It went awry. Like, completely and totally, disastrously awry. And if you keep reading, I’ll explain how.
RelatedWalking Dead Ep Reveals Why [Spoiler] Had to Die — Plus: Are the B&W Flashbacks Here to Stay?
Time Warp | Although the episode jumped...
- 10/12/2015
- TVLine.com
"The Walking Dead" cast and creators received a typically glowing reception at this year's San Diego Comic Con, where the epic first trailer for Season 6 (embedded above) premiered in Hall H to an audience of 6,000 screaming fans. Later, showrunner Scott M. Gimple, producer/director/special makeup f/x designer Gregory Nicotero and cast members including Andrew Lincoln, Danai Gurira, Melissa McBride and Norman Reedus sat down with the press for a series of interviews. Here are 13 of the best quotes/revelations from that chat. 1. Steven Yeun hated Lori as much as you did. "I remember the first couple seasons, there was a little bit of backlash on Lori. The character Lori. And to me, she was very similar to the character that they wrote in the book. In the book, when I read the book, I hated Lori. But the thing is, is the reason why is because she's coming...
- 7/14/2015
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
According to a recent report from ibtimes and their sources, the villain wolves are going to turn up and try to attack Rick and the crew by climbing over their safe zone and starting all kinds of unwanted drama! They report of some set updates that claim Rick and some of the others were heard yelling and shooting when the attack took place. The report reads like this: "We have Andrew. Norman, Alexandra and some 'Wolves' members climbing the safe zone walls! After the new people climbed over the wall, Morgan's stunt double chased after them going up the rope. Soon after that Rick, Maggie, and Carol were seen and heard yelling and shooting." Executive producer, Greg Nicotero, recently talked about the wolves ,stating: "We set up the Wolves in season 5 Episode 16. I love those characters. The fact that you have people that are basically utilizing other people that they...
- 5/23/2015
- by Eric
- OnTheFlix
All week long our writers will debate: Which was the greatest film year of the past half century. Click here for a complete list of our essays. How to decide in the grand scheme of things which film year stands above all others? History gives us no clear methodology to unravel this thorny but extremely important question. Is it the year with the highest average score of movies? So a year that averages out to a B + might be the winner over a field strewn with B’s, despite a few A +’s. Or do a few masterpieces lift up a year so far that whatever else happened beyond those three or four films is of no consequence? Both measures are worthy, and the winner by either of those would certainly be a year not to be sneezed at. But I contend the only true measure of a year’s...
- 4/27/2015
- by Richard Rushfield
- Hitfix
The Walking Dead, Season 5, Episode 16: “Conquer”
Written by Scott M. Gimple and Beth Hoffman
Directed by Greg Nicotero
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on AMC
Long live the Ricktatorship!
Tonight’s episode of The Walking Dead is very reminiscent of M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village. For a long time, Alexandria has been living in blissful ignorance, completely secure in their own laws and doctrines, and thinking that they’re closed off from the scourge of humanity, unaware that eventually humanity creeps into any safe haven one creates. People can put up walls and create illusions of happiness and monotony, but violence will eventually trickle through.
This is evident in the final scenes of the episode, where the trio of human violence far outweighs the violence inflicted by the walkers. Surely the dead are threats, but not as much as what the viewers see with the humans’ ability to self-sabotage.
Written by Scott M. Gimple and Beth Hoffman
Directed by Greg Nicotero
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on AMC
Long live the Ricktatorship!
Tonight’s episode of The Walking Dead is very reminiscent of M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village. For a long time, Alexandria has been living in blissful ignorance, completely secure in their own laws and doctrines, and thinking that they’re closed off from the scourge of humanity, unaware that eventually humanity creeps into any safe haven one creates. People can put up walls and create illusions of happiness and monotony, but violence will eventually trickle through.
This is evident in the final scenes of the episode, where the trio of human violence far outweighs the violence inflicted by the walkers. Surely the dead are threats, but not as much as what the viewers see with the humans’ ability to self-sabotage.
- 3/30/2015
- by Felix Vasquez Jr.
- SoundOnSight
For a community trying to build a civilization, the people of Alexandria have always been myopic. Unable to truly look at the bigger picture or to focus on more than one thing at a time, they betray a nearsightedness that has cost them some of their own people while the wolves circled ever closer.
In the season finale of The Walking Dead, "Conquer," Rick (Andrew Lincoln) managed, once again, to convince people that his way is the best way. Also, Father Gabriel (Seth Gilliam) was the worst, yet again, and one of our main heroes was nearly killed. An old friend finally returned,...
In the season finale of The Walking Dead, "Conquer," Rick (Andrew Lincoln) managed, once again, to convince people that his way is the best way. Also, Father Gabriel (Seth Gilliam) was the worst, yet again, and one of our main heroes was nearly killed. An old friend finally returned,...
- 3/30/2015
- by Amanda Michelle Steiner, @amandamichl
- People.com - TV Watch
A review of tonight's "The Walking Dead" finale coming up just as soon as I want my dish back clean when you're done... No matter what happens in the middle of a season, good or bad, "The Walking Dead" tends to do premieres and finales very well. This is the first time, though, that the series has ended a season with a 90-minute episode, and while the extra-long "Conquer" had some excellent things in it, it also had a number of stupid things, even if the latter occasionally got overtaken by the former. Case in point: the open gate. There is giving Rick an opportunity to prove to the Alexandrians how naive and defenseless they are, and there is having Deanna's other idiot son asking Father Gabriel to close the gate for him, then bolting for no particular reason (maybe he had to do some upper body work before the town meeting?...
- 3/30/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Things looked grim in Alexandria when we last left "The Walking Dead," as Rick put on a maniacal show while he beat Pete senseless, then waved a gun around while ranting about the community's need to change its ways. That display has certainly cast the constable in a new light for the Alexandrians, and will no doubt affect how the rest of his group sees him, too.
But how much will that divide play into the ensemble's dynamic going forward? And what does it mean for Rick personally? We have a lot of questions about the show as it heads into its 90-minute season finale on Sunday, and we've laid them out below. Here's (some of) what we hope to see addressed as the show ends its fifth season.
1. How will Rick's group react to his outburst?
Screaming about controlling your residents while soaked in blood is one way to lose trust,...
But how much will that divide play into the ensemble's dynamic going forward? And what does it mean for Rick personally? We have a lot of questions about the show as it heads into its 90-minute season finale on Sunday, and we've laid them out below. Here's (some of) what we hope to see addressed as the show ends its fifth season.
1. How will Rick's group react to his outburst?
Screaming about controlling your residents while soaked in blood is one way to lose trust,...
- 3/27/2015
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
The Walking Dead, Season 5, Episode 15: “Try”
Written by Angela Kang
Directed by Michael Edison Satrazemis
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on AMC
The Walking Dead has a bad habit of low points before they reach their season enders, and “Try” is really no exception. “Try” is one of the more forced episodes of the season, one that doesn’t just flip the script by completely transforming Rick into a villain, but into Shane. It’s surprising that this isn’t brought up more often within the confines of the series, because it’s become the crux of what the show is all about. Shane accepted the new law of the land while Rick fought hard to preserve his own humanity. Now Rick is just like Shane, and there isn’t much ballyhoo behind this transformation.
Not even Carl seems to be noting that Rick is only taking special interest...
Written by Angela Kang
Directed by Michael Edison Satrazemis
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on AMC
The Walking Dead has a bad habit of low points before they reach their season enders, and “Try” is really no exception. “Try” is one of the more forced episodes of the season, one that doesn’t just flip the script by completely transforming Rick into a villain, but into Shane. It’s surprising that this isn’t brought up more often within the confines of the series, because it’s become the crux of what the show is all about. Shane accepted the new law of the land while Rick fought hard to preserve his own humanity. Now Rick is just like Shane, and there isn’t much ballyhoo behind this transformation.
Not even Carl seems to be noting that Rick is only taking special interest...
- 3/25/2015
- by Felix Vasquez Jr.
- SoundOnSight
AMC
Season 5 of AMC’s gloriously gory zombie soap opera may have divided fans, but it has still offered up its fair share of heartbreaking and gut-wrenching moments, often at the same time.
After much of last season was spent wandering along the train line into the eventual trap of Terminus, the group – assisted by Rambo Carol – broke free from their captors, who ended up barbecuing Bob’s leg in front of his eyes after he was snatched from the group’s new church HQ in the woods.
From there it’s all been pretty breathless: Rick exacted bloody vengeance on the cannibals in the church, Beth reappeared in Atlanta and Eugene finally got the beating he deserved after admitting he was a liar. Quite why anyone believed a scientist would have that haircut is anyone’s guess. And then it was off to the Alexandria Safe Zone – with caution levels turned suitably high.
Season 5 of AMC’s gloriously gory zombie soap opera may have divided fans, but it has still offered up its fair share of heartbreaking and gut-wrenching moments, often at the same time.
After much of last season was spent wandering along the train line into the eventual trap of Terminus, the group – assisted by Rambo Carol – broke free from their captors, who ended up barbecuing Bob’s leg in front of his eyes after he was snatched from the group’s new church HQ in the woods.
From there it’s all been pretty breathless: Rick exacted bloody vengeance on the cannibals in the church, Beth reappeared in Atlanta and Eugene finally got the beating he deserved after admitting he was a liar. Quite why anyone believed a scientist would have that haircut is anyone’s guess. And then it was off to the Alexandria Safe Zone – with caution levels turned suitably high.
- 3/25/2015
- by Michael Potts
- Obsessed with Film
It's been only one episode since Carol told Rick that he needed to solve Jessie's spousal abuse problem by offing her horrid husband, and that plot accelerated into overdrive during this week's installment of "The Walking Dead," titled "Try."
No, Rick didn't actually kill Pete, but the two men had a gnarly fistfight that started in Jessie and Pete's house, smashed out their front window, and continued onto the streets of Alexandria, where everyone looked on in horror as the two men rolled around and beat each other to a bloody pulp. Earlier, Rick confronted Jessie with his knowledge of Pete's abuse, and while the woman initially rebuffed Rick's offers of help, skeptical of his motivations, she eventually relented when she realized that the constable's crush on her was more than just puppy love. And while Rick letting Little Rick guide his desire to separate Jessie and Pete may have...
No, Rick didn't actually kill Pete, but the two men had a gnarly fistfight that started in Jessie and Pete's house, smashed out their front window, and continued onto the streets of Alexandria, where everyone looked on in horror as the two men rolled around and beat each other to a bloody pulp. Earlier, Rick confronted Jessie with his knowledge of Pete's abuse, and while the woman initially rebuffed Rick's offers of help, skeptical of his motivations, she eventually relented when she realized that the constable's crush on her was more than just puppy love. And while Rick letting Little Rick guide his desire to separate Jessie and Pete may have...
- 3/23/2015
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
There have been some really well-chosen songs used in this season of The Walking Dead, but there was no more apt way to open "Try" than with Nine Inch Nails' "Somewhat Damaged."
The episode began with the aftermath of Aiden's (Daniel Bonjour) death, which was partly due to his own stupidity and unwillingness to listen – a fairly common disease among the population of Alexandria. Carol (Melissa McBride) tried to make nice by leaving a tuna casserole on the Monroes' doorstep with a note that read, "We're truly sorry for your loss." Deanna (Tovah Feldshuh) left the casserole and brought...
The episode began with the aftermath of Aiden's (Daniel Bonjour) death, which was partly due to his own stupidity and unwillingness to listen – a fairly common disease among the population of Alexandria. Carol (Melissa McBride) tried to make nice by leaving a tuna casserole on the Monroes' doorstep with a note that read, "We're truly sorry for your loss." Deanna (Tovah Feldshuh) left the casserole and brought...
- 3/23/2015
- by Amanda Michelle Steiner, @amandamichl
- People.com - TV Watch
In the fifth season’s penultimate episode, The Walking Dead delivered Glenn and Nicholas’ inevitable his-word-against-mine accounts of Aiden and Noah’s demises, a major shift of allegiances and the Rick/Pete showdown that we all knew was coming. But was the confrontation the fight to the death that Carol foretold? Read on and find out!
RelatedAMC’s Walking Dead Spinoff Snags Two-Season Order, Premiere Date
Liar, Liar | As “Try” began, the Monroes mourned Aiden by listening to Nine Inch Nails’ “Somewhat Damaged” from the deceased’s “Run Mix” CD. (At least the late d-bag had good taste in music.
RelatedAMC’s Walking Dead Spinoff Snags Two-Season Order, Premiere Date
Liar, Liar | As “Try” began, the Monroes mourned Aiden by listening to Nine Inch Nails’ “Somewhat Damaged” from the deceased’s “Run Mix” CD. (At least the late d-bag had good taste in music.
- 3/23/2015
- TVLine.com
While there were no horrific, brutal deaths (of living people) on tonight's episode of The Walking Dead, things were still incredibly tense in Alexandria. After they lost Noah and Aiden last week, everyone was in mourning, and Deanna was trying to determine how seriously to take Father Gabriel's warning while Rick and Carol tried to decide how to deal with Pete. Turns out, Deanna was fully aware of the fact that Pete has been hitting Jessie. The problem for her is that he's a talented surgeon who has saved many lives, and she doesn't want the community to lose him. Rick suggests separating him from Jessie permanently, and if that doesn't work, killing him. Deanna basically says no way...
- 3/23/2015
- E! Online
The Walking Dead, Season 5, Episode 14
Written by Matthew Negrete
Directed by Jennifer Lynch
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on AMC
The great Metal Owl caper this week is not worthy of all the discussion it has received. But that said, “Spend” does put the side characters to use with immense effectiveness, with one story leading to a horrible death. Meanwhile, Rick is devising ways to get past a perfect stranger to the stranger’s gorgeous wife by investigating a metal owl.
More and more, Alexandria is bursting at the seams, as the writers of “The Walking Dead” begin exploring its dark legacy. Alexandria has something to hide, and it’s the fact that its walls were built around cowardice. “Spend” invests a lot of its themes on the instance of cowardice, and how choosing it as a lifestyle invariably takes a toll on people and those around them.
Much of...
Written by Matthew Negrete
Directed by Jennifer Lynch
Airs Sundays at 9pm (Et) on AMC
The great Metal Owl caper this week is not worthy of all the discussion it has received. But that said, “Spend” does put the side characters to use with immense effectiveness, with one story leading to a horrible death. Meanwhile, Rick is devising ways to get past a perfect stranger to the stranger’s gorgeous wife by investigating a metal owl.
More and more, Alexandria is bursting at the seams, as the writers of “The Walking Dead” begin exploring its dark legacy. Alexandria has something to hide, and it’s the fact that its walls were built around cowardice. “Spend” invests a lot of its themes on the instance of cowardice, and how choosing it as a lifestyle invariably takes a toll on people and those around them.
Much of...
- 3/17/2015
- by Felix Vasquez Jr.
- SoundOnSight
In The Walking Dead season 5 episode 14, "Spend," Glenn, Tara, Noah, Eugene, Aiden and Nicholas go out on a supply run and get into some serious walker trouble and while Eugene steps up, Nicholas runs away like the coward he is, leading to two deaths.
Back in Alexandria, Abraham gets a new job, Carol realizes Sam's home life is eerily similar to her past and Father Gabriel approaches Deanna with his concerns about Rick and the others.
Here are the times the survivors were brave and cowardly in this episode. For more on what happened, check out the recap.
Back in Alexandria, Abraham gets a new job, Carol realizes Sam's home life is eerily similar to her past and Father Gabriel approaches Deanna with his concerns about Rick and the others.
Here are the times the survivors were brave and cowardly in this episode. For more on what happened, check out the recap.
- 3/16/2015
- by [email protected]
- buddytv.com
Previously: 'The Walking Dead' Season 5, Episode 13, 'Forget': Mrs. Neidermeyer's Pasta Maker Whose Episode Is It? Tonight's episode primarily focuses on the "Also Starring" players. Eugene, Noah and Abraham all get plots this week, and Tara gets the most screen time she's had since the team arrived in Alexandria. Father Gabriel has a key moment, as well. As for folks in the opening credits, Carol and Rick do some detective work and come to some depressing conclusions. (Are there any other kind on this show?) Man Is the True Monster The biggest story this week is the disastrous supply run. At first things seem fine: Aiden listens to Glenn's advice and is more cautious than he otherwise would have been, but things get pear-shaped when Aiden accidentally shoots a grenade pinned to a Swat walker's chest. The explosion gets Aiden impaled and gives Tara a grievous head injury; Glenn...
- 3/16/2015
- by Jeff Stone
- Indiewire
Rick's gang might have come to civilisation of a sort but that doesn't stop The Walking Dead from being as horrific as ever...
This review contains spoilers.
5.14 Spend
There's a clear delineation between the familiar survivors and the new faces of Alexandria. They've been safe this whole time, while Rick and the gang have been out struggling to survive. The Alexandrians survived because they ran; the Ricktatorship survived because they pulled together and watched one another's backs. When the going gets tough, the first response of Alexandria's leadership is to flee for the safety of corrugated steel walls and solar panels. Meanwhile, Abraham's first response is to run into danger to save lives even at the cost of his own.
This is a common thread in all situations where someone from Rick's group interacts with the folks from Alexandria. They assume positions of leadership simply because they're both more experienced...
This review contains spoilers.
5.14 Spend
There's a clear delineation between the familiar survivors and the new faces of Alexandria. They've been safe this whole time, while Rick and the gang have been out struggling to survive. The Alexandrians survived because they ran; the Ricktatorship survived because they pulled together and watched one another's backs. When the going gets tough, the first response of Alexandria's leadership is to flee for the safety of corrugated steel walls and solar panels. Meanwhile, Abraham's first response is to run into danger to save lives even at the cost of his own.
This is a common thread in all situations where someone from Rick's group interacts with the folks from Alexandria. They assume positions of leadership simply because they're both more experienced...
- 3/16/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Just when you think you've become desensitized to the death and gore on The Walking Dead, something new and even more devastating comes along to remind you how much you've grown to care about these misfit toys.
Major spoilers for "Spend" are below.
Let's just get it out of the way: Noah (Tyler James Williams) died on this week's episode of Twd, and it was an awful, needless waste. The people of Alexandria got him killed, and Glenn (Steven Yeun) is not going to forget it.
Also, Eugene (Josh McDermitt) discovered that he has the capacity for courage where Father...
Major spoilers for "Spend" are below.
Let's just get it out of the way: Noah (Tyler James Williams) died on this week's episode of Twd, and it was an awful, needless waste. The people of Alexandria got him killed, and Glenn (Steven Yeun) is not going to forget it.
Also, Eugene (Josh McDermitt) discovered that he has the capacity for courage where Father...
- 3/16/2015
- by Amanda Michelle Steiner, @amandamichl
- People.com - TV Watch
Just when you think you've become desensitized to the death and gore on The Walking Dead, something new and even more devastating comes along to remind you how much you've grown to care about these misfit toys. Major spoilers for "Spend" are below.Let's just get it out of the way: Noah (Tyler James Williams) died on this week's episode of Twd, and it was an awful, needless waste. The people of Alexandria got him killed, and Glenn (Steven Yeun) is not going to forget it. Also, Eugene (Josh McDermitt) discovered that he has the capacity for courage where Father...
- 3/16/2015
- by Amanda Michelle Steiner, @amandamichl
- PEOPLE.com
Just when you think you've become desensitized to the death and gore in The Walking Dead, something new and even more devastating comes along to remind you how much you've grown to care about these misfit toys. Major spoilers for "Spend" are below.Let's just get it out of the way: Noah (Tyler James Williams) died on this week's episode of Twd, and it was an awful, needless waste. The people of Alexandria got him killed, and Glenn (Steven Yeun) is not going to forget it. Also, Eugene (Josh McDermitt) discovered that he has the capacity for courage where Father...
- 3/16/2015
- by Amanda Michelle Steiner, @amandamichl
- PEOPLE.com
Okay. So that was intense. Of course, intensity is no stranger on The Walking Dead, but much like the residents of the Alexandria Safe Zone, we had been led into a false sense of security. For the last couple of weeks, we had been gently led to the idea that Rick and the other survivors would end up being their own worst enemy in Alexandria, that years of living in the uncivilized wilds of the zombie apocalypse would make them ill-equipped to work within a society again. But what if there was a third option? What if civilization had made the residents of the Asz too soft to survive to their fullest potential, and thus endanger themselves and others?
Look back and the signs were right there in front of us. Glen, Noah and Tara’s first excursion with Aiden and Nicholas included a stop at a trussed up zombie hanging from a tree,...
Look back and the signs were right there in front of us. Glen, Noah and Tara’s first excursion with Aiden and Nicholas included a stop at a trussed up zombie hanging from a tree,...
- 3/16/2015
- by Adam A. Donaldson
- We Got This Covered
A review of tonight's "The Walking Dead" coming up just as soon as I send a fax to Cleveland... AMC turned off the screener tap earlier than usual with this half-season, since ordinarily it's only the finales that critics don't get to see in advance. I wonder if here, someone was afraid that Noah's death would get spoiled. If so, "Spend" itself did a pretty good job of telegraphing that up front, as any character — particularly one who's still a guest star — who starts talking about long-term planning instantly turns into the cop who's a few days from retiring to sail around on his boat, the Live-4-Ever. That said, the manner of Noah's death — and Aidan's, for that matter — was so prolonged and gory that it made up for pure visceral horror what it may have lacked in actual surprise. The whole warehouse sequence almost played out...
- 3/16/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
As the fifth season of The Walking Dead lumbered toward the finish line, the Internet was abuzz with speculation about who’d kick the bucket next. The smart money was on Noah. (Back in January, portrayer Tyler James Williams signed on for the Criminal Minds spinoff.) But was it the teen who met his maker in “Spend”? Read on and find out!
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- 3/16/2015
- TVLine.com
A major power struggle is a-brewin' in Alexandria, and for once, it may be Rick and (some of) his people who are on the wrong side of the equation. This week's episode of "The Walking Dead," entitled "Spend," made it clear that the community was not without its flaws: Jessie is almost certainly being abused by her husband, Pete; Deanna's son, Aiden (the a-hole who nearly got his search party killed a couple weeks ago), and his pal, Nick, prove that they're every bit the jerks we thought they were by confessing that they abandoned four people to be eaten simply because they got spooked; construction foreman Tobin nearly lets one of his workers get devoured by an oncoming horde (before Abraham mercifully and badassedly steps in) simply because that's just protocol.
But for all Alexandria's faults, it seems that the settlement isn't exactly Woodbury or Terminus, either -- at least,...
But for all Alexandria's faults, it seems that the settlement isn't exactly Woodbury or Terminus, either -- at least,...
- 3/15/2015
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
Last week’s episode of The Walking Dead ended with Rick, Daryl and Carol at home in the Alexandria Safe Zone, and taken aback by the idea that they may have found an actual safe haven that is as it promises. Ever the doubter though, Rick said that if the residents of the Asz can’t make it, then he and the group will just have to take it because, let’s face it, these people are a little divorced from the reality of a world full of zombies, cannibals, despots and opportunists. The week’s entry, “Forget,” rephrases the question though, by not asking where Rick’s group can turn the residents of the Asz, but can the residents of the Asz turn them?
“Forget” seemed to be about fine tuning how we approach the residents of Alexandria and how their latest residents fit in. There may be some issues – the missing gun,...
“Forget” seemed to be about fine tuning how we approach the residents of Alexandria and how their latest residents fit in. There may be some issues – the missing gun,...
- 3/9/2015
- by Adam A. Donaldson
- We Got This Covered
This week’s episode of The Walking Dead might as well have been titled “Honey, I’m Home!” Because just as Rick and his haggard family of survivors fought not to get too comfortable in Alexandria in “Remember,” “Forget” found (at least most of) them deciding, “I could get used to this.” Who were the holdouts? Keep reading…
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Taking Precautions Rather Than Chances | Early on, Carol and Daryl took a secret meeting with Rick at the shack where he’d hidden the now-missing gun and agreed that they’d need firearms sooner or later,...
- 3/9/2015
- TVLine.com
In "Remember," Glenn (Steven Yeun) said it best when he told the survivors' de facto new leader: "We need to make this work. ... We were almost out there too long." It wasn't new information, of course, but that reality was present in every single one of Team Rick's interactions with the denizens of the Alexandria Safe-Zone. Led by Deanna Monroe (Tovah Feldshuh), their new home was almost too idyllic for any of them to trust. "People out there are always looking for an angle," Rick (Andrew Lincoln) told Deanna. "Looking to play on your weakness. They measure you by what they can take from you.
- 3/2/2015
- by Amanda Michelle Steiner, @amandamichl
- PEOPLE.com
In "Remember," Glenn (Steven Yeun) said it best when he told the survivors' de facto new leader: "We need to make this work. ... We were almost out there too long."
It wasn't new information, of course, but that reality was present in every single one of Team Rick's interactions with the denizens of the Alexandria Safe-Zone. Led by Deanna Monroe (Tovah Feldshuh), their new home was almost too idyllic for any of them to trust.
"People out there are always looking for an angle," Rick (Andrew Lincoln) told Deanna. "Looking to play on your weakness. They measure you by what they can take from you.
It wasn't new information, of course, but that reality was present in every single one of Team Rick's interactions with the denizens of the Alexandria Safe-Zone. Led by Deanna Monroe (Tovah Feldshuh), their new home was almost too idyllic for any of them to trust.
"People out there are always looking for an angle," Rick (Andrew Lincoln) told Deanna. "Looking to play on your weakness. They measure you by what they can take from you.
- 3/2/2015
- by Amanda Michelle Steiner, @amandamichl
- People.com - TV Watch
If I were Rick, I’d have been hanging a “Home, Sweet Home” sign in the Alexandria Safe-Zone before the gates had even shut behind me. But in this week’s episode of The Walking Dead, he (and a few key members of his ragtag band) instead looked upon the pristine community with as much skepticism as optimism. Were they right to be suspicious? Or had their time outside made them paranoid? Read on and decide for yourself.
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- 3/2/2015
- TVLine.com
In "Remember," Glenn (Steven Yeun) says it best when he tells their de facto new leader: "We need to make this work. ... We were almost out there too long." It's not new information, of course, but that reality is present in every single one of Team Rick's interactions with the denizens of the Alexandria Safe-Zone. Led by Deanna Monroe (Tovah Feldshuh), their new home is too idyllic for any of them to believe. "People out there are always looking for an angle," Rick (Andrew Lincoln) tells Deanna. "Looking to play on your weakness. They measure you by what they can take from you.
- 3/2/2015
- by Amanda Michelle Steiner, @amandamichl
- PEOPLE.com
It's fitting that this week's episode of "The Walking Dead" was titled "Remember," since the show suddenly realized that Carol was still a part of the ensemble and actually gave her something to do during the installment. And while it wasn't much, her actions throughout the hour give her ammo to use later down the line, something that fans of the explosive season five premiere should keep in mind as we count down to the finale later this month.
Of all the members of our main group of survivors, Carol seems the most immediately at ease in Alexandria, though of course viewers know that this is just a facade. She lies to Deanna during her interview (or audition, as Aaron would say) and says she had a happy life gardening and doing laundry for her husband before the outbreak, conveniently omitting the fact that he abused her and she rebounded...
Of all the members of our main group of survivors, Carol seems the most immediately at ease in Alexandria, though of course viewers know that this is just a facade. She lies to Deanna during her interview (or audition, as Aaron would say) and says she had a happy life gardening and doing laundry for her husband before the outbreak, conveniently omitting the fact that he abused her and she rebounded...
- 3/2/2015
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
Remember in The Notebook, how Noah went off to World War II and wrote a love letter to Allie for each day he was gone (even though she never wrote back because her mom hid them from her)? And they somehow managed to overcome all the obstacles and end up together, married, with kids? And then Allie got dementia and Noah had to read her their love story, so she’d come back to them? And then they both died, together, in bed?
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This story is just like that... Well, mostly.
Floyd and Violet Hartwig met when they were in elementary school in Fresno, but didn’t start going together until World War II, when Floyd enlisted in the Navy and the two reunited at the Rainbow Ballroom in Fresno. They exchanged more than 100 letters while Floyd was fighting overseas.
The Fresno...
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This story is just like that... Well, mostly.
Floyd and Violet Hartwig met when they were in elementary school in Fresno, but didn’t start going together until World War II, when Floyd enlisted in the Navy and the two reunited at the Rainbow Ballroom in Fresno. They exchanged more than 100 letters while Floyd was fighting overseas.
The Fresno...
- 2/27/2015
- Entertainment Tonight
Though a simple handshake would have sufficed, Rick rolled out the welcome mat for fresh-scrubbed stranger Aaron in this week’s episode of The Walking Dead by laying claim to his rations, slugging him, tying him up and sentencing him to cruel and unusual punishment. Which amounted to what, exactly? Read on and find out.
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- 2/23/2015
- TVLine.com
If you were to turn to the dictionary entry for “dead tired,” the illustration accompanying the definition would probably look a lot like the survivors on The Walking Dead did this week. They were exhausted, hungry, dehydrated and, worst of all, demoralized. But then, something happened that promised to change everything. Wanna know what that something was? Keep reading…
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- 2/16/2015
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Death happens not just to you, but to the people you leave behind.
That never became more clear on The Walking Dead than in "Them," when survival became a burden for Sasha (Sonequa Martin-Green), Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Noah (Tyler James Williams), who were still reeling over the losses of Tyreese (Chad L.Coleman) and Beth (Emily Kinney).
Meanwhile, Daryl (Norman Reedus) had trouble even accessing his grief and the group at large appeared more desperate than ever just before a beacon of hope arrived in the form of a man named Aaron.
Maggie and Sasha Are Not Doing WellAs...
That never became more clear on The Walking Dead than in "Them," when survival became a burden for Sasha (Sonequa Martin-Green), Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Noah (Tyler James Williams), who were still reeling over the losses of Tyreese (Chad L.Coleman) and Beth (Emily Kinney).
Meanwhile, Daryl (Norman Reedus) had trouble even accessing his grief and the group at large appeared more desperate than ever just before a beacon of hope arrived in the form of a man named Aaron.
Maggie and Sasha Are Not Doing WellAs...
- 2/16/2015
- by Amanda Michelle Steiner, @amandamichl
- People.com - TV Watch
Death happens not just to you, but to the people you leave behind. That never became more clear on The Walking Dead than in "Them," when survival became a burden for Sasha (Sonequa Martin-Green), Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Noah (Tyler James Williams), who were still reeling over the losses of Tyreese (Chad L.Coleman) and Beth (Emily Kinney). Meanwhile, Daryl (Norman Reedus) had trouble even accessing his grief and the group at large appeared more desperate than ever just before a beacon of hope arrived in the form of a man named Aaron.Maggie and Sasha Are Not Doing WellAs...
- 2/16/2015
- by Amanda Michelle Steiner, @amandamichl
- PEOPLE.com
And another one bites the dust. Beth promised to get Noah to his family in Richmond, so the rest of the gang decide to do just that, to honor her memory. Tyreese, Rick, Glenn, Noah, and Michonne travel to the Shirewilt gated community. Carol has the others in another truck, and they will stand by…
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- 2/9/2015
- by Spencer Perry
- shocktillyoudrop.com
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