Yeah, this is the worst episode of the show. No doubt in my mind. And not just Walking with Beasts, it is the worst thing that has come out under the name "Walking With". Okay, maybe not worse than the movie, but the sevond worst. First of all, something just looks off about pretty much every CGI model in this episode. I thought maybe it's because this episode features some real animals as well, but most models still look bad compared to models from other episode. And the saddest part is probably that the worst model in the episode is that of the main animal shown off: Australopithecus Afarensis. It just looks uncanny. If you ask me, it would have been better to just use actors in suits for Afarensis, like they did in Mammoth Journey for Neanderthals and early Homo Sapiens, and also literally did for Afarensis in Walking with Cavemen three years later. The story is also kinda stupid. "Blues tribe hates him, nevermind, they don't, he was just to introverted to get it". The only saving grace of this episode is that Ben Bartlett, the composer of the music, just went crazy with the music for this one. Seriously, listen to "The Great Journey" and tell me that that is not the best piece of music in the whole show.
Review of Next of Kin
