Review of Crossed

The Walking Dead: Crossed (2014)
Season 5, Episode 7
7/10
Decent build up to the next confrontation
29 December 2021
Rick, Daryl, Tyreese and Sasha go after Carol and Beth.

This is a reasonably good episode that focuses on the build up to Atlanta.

My favourite scenes involve Rick's group, as they have the most compelling visual sequences and dialogue exchanges. However this plot thread unfortunately ends with an implausible moment of stupidity written for one character.

The scenes at and around the church are strong character moments for Gabriel with some great symbolism. Seth Gilliam is an excellent addition to the cast and plays this part superbly. However, one of my pet hates in TWD dead is the clichéd sudden appearance of a zombie who nobody hears coming and this has one of the worst examples of it on the show.

To me the scenes involving Glenn and Maggie's group feel included to make up the episode time and aside from some character background information they are needlessly drawn out.

All the cast are great as always and the production values are top-drawer.

It is a 6.5/10 for me but I round upwards.
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