The Walking Dead Review: “Conquer” (5×16)

You should be very happy you don't live with me or next door to me, because my shouts of “Morgaaaaan!” at the opening of last night’s season finale of the “The Walking Dead” were probably heard down the block. After small teases here and there, Lennie James’ Morgan returned to the series with a tense…

The Walking Dead review: “Try” (5×15)

Well you guys, I'm frustrated. I'm worked up. I'm anxious. And it's all because of a damn TV show. Good job "Walking Dead". After last week's brutal deaths, I wanted Nicholas to be revealed for the coward he truly is. I wanted Deanna to learn how ill-suited her people are for the world. I wanted…

The Walking Dead Review: “Spend” (5×14)

If last night’s dynamite episode of “The Walking Dead” taught us anything, it’s that Alexandria is comprised entirely of jackasses and woefully inept survivors. How any of them have survived this long, even taking their big steel walls into account, is beyond comprehension. This episode was the most ambitious hour of the season thus far.…

The Walking Dead Review: “Forget” (5×13)

Melissa McBride needs an Emmy nomination for playing Carol. It is no longer an option after last night’s episode. Without a single zombie on screen, she provides the creepiest, most unsettling moment of the whole series. “One morning you'll wake up and you won't be in your bed” she tells the young cookie-loving Sam with…

The Walking Dead Review: “Remember” (5×12)

It’s a welcoming party at Alexandria for Rick and company. Some suburban style bliss awaits them. Or is it? In an episode that is light on action and big on talking, “The Walking Dead” asks its harried group if this idyllic town is too good to be true. The smartest part of the episode is…

The Walking Dead review: “The Distance” (5×11)

Fear and doubt surrounded our struggling group of Survivors this week.  When Maggie and Sasha bring the new “friend” Aaron into the barn at gunpoint, Rick is offered up his most important decision ever for the group. “I have good news” says Aaron. A safe community, with houses and reinforced steel walls awaits them. For…

The Walking Dead Review: “Them” (5×10)

After the Terrence Malick style fever dream of the midseason premiere it was inevitable that The Walking Dead would simmer down this week. The entire group is featured, but after two traumatic deaths the episode focuses on how Maggie, Sasha, and Daryl deal with their grief. Maggie cries alone in the woods, staring blankly at a…