Recovering from a devastating storm, Rick and the group find themselves mistrustful of a new survivor who promises them safety in a walled-off community.Recovering from a devastating storm, Rick and the group find themselves mistrustful of a new survivor who promises them safety in a walled-off community.Recovering from a devastating storm, Rick and the group find themselves mistrustful of a new survivor who promises them safety in a walled-off community.
- Walker
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- Walker
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRoss Marquand, who plays Aaron, originally auditioned to play Gareth.
- GoofsWhen walking up the road toward the junction of Route 16, our team passes a sign--show at least twice--that reads "JTC 16." In actuality, a junction sign is announced by the code JCT, not JTC.
- Quotes
[Rick waits at the barn as the group searches for Aaron's friend]
Aaron: When the world was still the world, I worked for an NGO. Our mission was to deliver medicine and food to the Nigel River Delta. Bad people pointed guns in my face every other week. You're not bad people. You're not going to kill us. And we're definitely not going to kill you.
Rick Grimes: Just because we're good people doesn't mean we won't kill you. If the five of them aren't back in an hour... I'll put a knife in the face of your skull.
[Rick closes the barn door]
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Walking Dead: The Journey So Far (2016)
The first half of Season 5 ranged from good to outstanding from personal opinion, the first three episodes especially making for one of the best and more consistent starts of any season for the show, there were episodes that others didn't like or had a divisive critical reception/fan reaction but had a lot of fine merits still for me while acknowledging the flaws. Actually feel overall that Season 5 was a solid season and that none of the previous Season 5 episodes are misfires, but did find myself a little let down by the previous two episodes despite finding a lot to like about both. "The Distance" is something of a return to form for 'The Walking Dead', for me it is one of the season's best and up to this point of the season's second half it's by far the best.
Just to speak briefly of the surprise and upset the same sex kiss caused among the fans, to me that is a non-issue and was and has been blown out of proportion.
What improved significantly here is the pace, which is much tighter here than in "What Happened Then and What's Going On" and "Them" and has much more urgency than most of the episodes of the fifth season. There is genuine tension here, thanks to the walkers being the scariest they've been in a while, there is poignant here and there is much more of a sense of things moving forward, story points are not near as repetitive and the characters grow (Michonne being a big example).
Like all the episodes before it, "The Distance" is superbly made. It has gritty and audacious production design, visuals that are well crafted and have soul rather than being overused and abused and photography of almost cinematic quality. The music is haunting and affecting, without being intrusive. The direction is controlled yet alert and the acting is never less than great, Andrew Lincoln a standout.
Writing is thought-provoking while also taut. Amidst the constant tension and emotion of the storytelling, it was also great to feel a sense of hope and that a new direction seems to be starting to form.
Summing up, wonderful. 10/10 Bethany Cox
- TheLittleSongbird
- Feb 1, 2019
Details
- Runtime42 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD