

The Walking Dead Season 8, Episode 14: Still Gotta Mean Something The Walking Dead Season 8, Episode 13: Do Not Send Us Astray The Walking Dead Season 8, Episode 12: The Key The Walking Dead Season 8, Episode 11: Dead Or Alive Or The Walking Dead Season 8, Episode 10: The Lost And The Plunderers The Walking Dead Season 8, Episode 9: Honor The Walking Dead Season 8, Episode 3: Monsters The Walking Dead Season 8, Episode 2: The Damned The Walking Dead Season 8, Episode 1: Mercy The Walking Dead Season 9, Episode 15: The Calm The Walking Dead Season 9, Episode 14: Scars The Walking Dead Season 9, Episode 13: Chokepoint The Walking Dead Season 9, Episode 12: Guardians The Walking Dead Season 9, Episode 11: Bounty The Walking Dead Season 9, Episode 10: Omega The Walking Dead Season 9, Episode 9: Adaptation The Walking Dead Season 9, Episode 8: Evolution The Walking Dead Season 9, Episode 7: Stradivarius The Walking Dead Season 9, Episode 6: Who Are You Now? The Walking Dead Season 9, Episode 5: What Comes After The Walking Dead Season 9, Episode 4: The Obliged The Walking Dead Season 9, Episode 3: Warning Signs The Walking Dead Season 9, Episode 2: The Bridge The Walking Dead Season 9, Episode 1: A New Beginning COMIC BOOK SPOILER ALERT: There's already talk that it could be someone from the giant Commonwealth community, a place in Ohio that's more of a city than what we've seen recently. The big question: So who exactly was the voice on the other end of the radio in that final scene? It was too garbled to be really guessable, and while it sort of sounded a little like Maggie, that's unlikely unless the show has worked out Lauren Cohan's deal to return.

Always the badass, even in the face of an annoying teen. Zombie of the week: Snappy the frozen pond zombie. Quote of the week: "You could try to be a little less predictable," – Not The Father Father Gabriel to Negan, some advice the show finally seems to be taking. Kill of the week: Daryl icicle stabbing a zombie. Lowlight: Lydia feeling sorry for herself. Alpha and the Whisperers too proved to be a more creative villain than some of the previous baddies, even if that's something the show can still fall down on. It hasn't suffered from the loss of Andrew Lincoln's Rick (not with the likes of Michonne and especially Daryl picking up the slack of the seemingly immortal hero) and between the time jump and the slow breakdown of the communities' situation, it introduced a few fresh elements. This season as a whole has been a tick up in terms of quality and drama. There was even time to introduce a new dangling plot strand there at the end with the radio. The finale managed to juggle the various plot-lines without hitting them too hard, and if it deflated the drama slightly by showing how quickly everyone makes it through their different journeys, at least keeping the running time to a more normal length than going for some huge, extended episode worked it didn't outstay its welcome. Guilt-ridden and faced with the idea that no-one will truly embrace her because of her indirect role in the head-loss trauma, she decided to try vanishing twice, only to be saved by Carol in a slightly repetitive subplot about forgiveness. Well, Lydia really did pick up the slack on the annoying teen front. Michonne learned that she'd been mistaken keeping the communities apart, and Lydia. Carol and Ezekiel's fairytale relationship didn't survive the loss of Henry, while Daryl started to consider his place. Overall, the episode was about surviving the harsh conditions and dealing with the emotional fallout of last week. We'll say one thing: it's going to be very close quarters for a while. Fortunately, it would appear that Alpha and her lot have migrated south for the winter, as evidenced by their later scene in what looks like less-than-frosty territory, a place where Alpha steels herself for future conflict via the unusual (but fitting for her) medium of being whipped on the arm by Beta.īut the lion's share of the episodes was devoted to the group travelling between the ruined Kingdom and Hilltop and the Alexandrians coping with their own disintegrating infrastructure. The boiler system failed, starting fires that spread and forcing Ezekiel, Carol, Jerry and the rest to make the trip to Hilltop, which at one point involves them crossing through Whisperer territory. And the biggest loss wasn't life, but the Kingdom, which in a giant metaphor for the morale of its people, finally fell. Worse in fact – aside from a few encounters with frozen zombies, the biggest threat after last week's head-on-stick bloodbath were the blizzards and the chilly weather. Winter has well and truly come to The Walking Dead as the Season 9 finale hits and things are frosty for our heroes.

Spoilers will lurk like groaning walkers. Be warned! This review will cover aspects of the episode.
