Typically, The Walking Dead has believable scenarios given the established setting where as we go further in time, survivor groups must become increasingly crafty or increasingly brutal to other groups over time; however they each come with an understandable followable form of logic regarding their methods of surviving, whether moral or immoral. Our main surivors have it; the prison group had it; Woodbury had it; the Claimers had it; Terminus had it; The Wolves had it; the Saviors had it; The Whisperers had it; hell, even the Reapers right now have it with their religious code. This horror house group did not (no, hunger is not a logical reason for becoming a Wendigo).
I felt that the episode was solid in terms of Daryl's storyline with the Reapers and had absolutely no problem with how that was handled.
My problem with the episode, despite the praiseable horror and pacing, was the feral group preying on the Connie pair. It was something that felt more on par with Paranormal Activity or The Conjuring or even I Am Legend, but had absolutely no place existing in this show. These folk appeared as if they were demonically possessed by some cannibalistic supernatural force, which would have made sense if it was only 1 individual that was on the deep end of mental illness, but an entire group of 6 people all going full beast mode to the point of even ridding themselves of basic human intelligence?
I'm sorry, but I don't buy it. I know I may get heavy "not helpful"s for this given that this episode is highly rated in the 9's but in The Walking Dead, if you are not brain-dead, then you are either a full-on walker or a still-alive formidable human being. There is no in-between. Don't give me that dashing on all-fours shenanigan. That does not make sense. You cannot just suddenly add a supernatural variable, out of nowhere, 11 seasons in.
I felt that the episode was solid in terms of Daryl's storyline with the Reapers and had absolutely no problem with how that was handled.
My problem with the episode, despite the praiseable horror and pacing, was the feral group preying on the Connie pair. It was something that felt more on par with Paranormal Activity or The Conjuring or even I Am Legend, but had absolutely no place existing in this show. These folk appeared as if they were demonically possessed by some cannibalistic supernatural force, which would have made sense if it was only 1 individual that was on the deep end of mental illness, but an entire group of 6 people all going full beast mode to the point of even ridding themselves of basic human intelligence?
I'm sorry, but I don't buy it. I know I may get heavy "not helpful"s for this given that this episode is highly rated in the 9's but in The Walking Dead, if you are not brain-dead, then you are either a full-on walker or a still-alive formidable human being. There is no in-between. Don't give me that dashing on all-fours shenanigan. That does not make sense. You cannot just suddenly add a supernatural variable, out of nowhere, 11 seasons in.