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The Walking Dead goes back in time for its darkest story in years
Ever since the five-year time jump following Rick Grimes’ departure, The Walking Dead has been alluding to some…
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Daryl and Connie battle the Whisperers as The Walking Dead kicks some ass
After nine seasons, The Walking Dead has pretty much sampled every possible horror trope available to its zombiefied…
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Michonne's fears take center stage on The Walking Dead
Alpha—or “Mom,” as Lydia still thinks of her—has quite the unique viewpoint on proper parenting technique. Which is to…
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A tense and gripping sequence helps Walking Dead find new ways to evolve
And with that, The Walking Dead reminds us it still knows how to sustain tension. There hasn’t been much in the back…
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The Walking Dead stops in its tracks to explore the mind of a girl we just met
Almost any character on a TV show contains a world of storytelling possibilities. As a means of establishing the…
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The Walking Dead returns with a cool new villain—and better yet, they're actually scary
If you were wondering whether The Walking Dead may have lost its facility with a heavy-handed metaphor, don’t you…
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The secret of the creepy new walkers is finally revealed on The Walking Dead
It was a tantalizing hint of a sharp left turn, narratively speaking, for The Walking Dead: Walkers who can…
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The Walking Dead gets back on track with a trip to Hilltop
For a show whose entire reason for existing is predicated on the idea that it’s not the destination, it’s the journey, T…
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The Walking Dead tries to start again, but Rick Grimes' shadow lingers on
For the second time in a single season, The Walking Dead has jumped forward in time, established a new state of…
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Rick Grimes deserved a better sendoff than The Walking Dead's idiotic goodbye
As a longtime viewer of this series, someone who’s been watching since the premiere of the very first episode back on…
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A split-second decision prepares to change The Walking Dead forever
Of all the ways The Walking Dead could have executed this particular narrative leap, it’s fair to say this probably…
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In one of its better episodes, The Walking Dead makes the case for a reckoning
“Warning Signs” accomplished what precious few episodes of The Walking Dead have done since about roughly mid-way…
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The Walking Dead shows that it can be a smart, nuanced series (when it wants to be)
In the first scene of “The Bridge,” Rick Grimes rhapsodizes about the brightness of the future with his quintessential…
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The Walking Dead is back, and it's a new world order—but a very fragile one
There were no giant zombie battles. There was no mustache-twirling villainy. (Well, almost none.) And there was a…
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The Walking Dead's eighth season ends in big, bloodthirsty war
Well, it took a very long time to get here, but now we know the cause of Rick’s tears from that flash-forward we saw…
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It's the time of the villains as The Walking Dead explores Savior treachery
Everyone’s the hero of their own story. In Negan’s mind, he’s the strong personality needed to unite people in…
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No one on The Walking Dead should get on Rick's bad side while he's grieving
People behave in unexpected ways when they’re grieving. If you’re Jadis, you capture Negan and tie him to a cart you…
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The Walking Dead unleashes a terrific battle, then bites itself in the ass
It’s difficult to assess an episode like “Do Not Send Us Astray,” because it’s more like two separate installments back…
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The Walking Dead reminds us that its side characters are its greatest strength
“The Key” is simultaneously a reminder of how mercilessly boring The Walking Dead can be (another Rick and Negan…
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The Walking Dead gives us one tantalizing flash of real darkness among all the table-setting
“Dead Or Alive” is a mostly quotidian episode of The Walking Dead. Daryl Dixon scowls in a most dirty-sexy fashion, and…