Has been quite the roller coaster of extremely high highs and notably mediocre lows. This episode, which was flashback central-presumably to the early interim between seasons 3 and 4-and the two episodes preceding it make up the highest point of the season in which all of the emotional threads that had been set up earlier in the season paid off in spades. Not sure if made up for the 8 or so episode lull.
Maybe I am just not sufficiently moved by the characters of Glenn, Daryl, Carl and Beth (yet), but I spent such a long time yearning for the confrontation between Tyreese and Carol. That being said, the payoff of Jeff's group felt a bit too rushed even though it was still thrilling. However, the rest of A delivered on bringing the character development of season 4 to a head in an episode that had my stomach in knots for its duration which has been rare for The Walking Dead since its first season.
The season leaves off on a pretty amazing cliffhanger with all of the characters' lives potentially in danger whereas last season ended with everything all honky dory. Season 5 has a lot of puzzle pieces at its disposal this fall. Hopefully it doesn't fumble as much as season 4 has.
Maybe I am just not sufficiently moved by the characters of Glenn, Daryl, Carl and Beth (yet), but I spent such a long time yearning for the confrontation between Tyreese and Carol. That being said, the payoff of Jeff's group felt a bit too rushed even though it was still thrilling. However, the rest of A delivered on bringing the character development of season 4 to a head in an episode that had my stomach in knots for its duration which has been rare for The Walking Dead since its first season.
The season leaves off on a pretty amazing cliffhanger with all of the characters' lives potentially in danger whereas last season ended with everything all honky dory. Season 5 has a lot of puzzle pieces at its disposal this fall. Hopefully it doesn't fumble as much as season 4 has.