Review of Spend

The Walking Dead: Spend (2015)
Season 5, Episode 14
8/10
While it brought back the utter terror, this episode gave me a little disappointment.
17 March 2015
Warning: Spoilers
Tense and frightening, as it has been expected from TWD. It's been quite a while since this show gives the audience such thrills especially for those non-comic book readers. By this episode, TWD made another promising hype.

The paradise-like fortress starting to show it flaws, while on the other hand this episode shows us again of how bad can a supply run turns out to be. Rick's team has an advanced level of surviving outside, it would be no wonder that sooner or later they're gonna lead the Alexandrian. But to join forces, achieving a same vision is another story. This kind of complexity sure is intriguing for us to follow.

This episode is good and definitely worth to watch, really, but there is something that been bothering me. Lately I feel some of the original characters' role become biased. Daryl, for example. He is one of the original characters of the TV series which taking a major role in the survival and also has made lots of fans, obviously. I feel that he is slowly fades, or let's just say slowly lost his role in the group. Let's say that its another plot line that will lead to another surprise. But why does it bother me? Because I read the comic books too. He is not exist there while the TV version is starting to keep up on the comic book story line just with a few changes. Nothing strange if many new characters would die in the following episodes.

There were already some major improvements for the TV version, especially for the survivors, and I mention Daryl again for this as an example. That will be fine, of course, IF the TV series make a stand alone story furthermore. Having some different plot lines and ending would be great, in my opinion. AMC's TWD story somehow has been TOO FAR GONE from the original comic book story. To synchronize them again would be unwise. Some stuffs are just not meant to be visualized on TV. Still, its not that the show will be ruined anyway.

A good episode, again, and further episodes sure will be interesting. Since it is a series, my thoughts of it are temporary. I will love the series as I have been except if they'll involve any tiger.
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