BSeason 8The Walking Dead's eighth season ends in big, bloodthirsty warAlex McLevy4/15/18 9:10pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWell, 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…
BSeason 8It's the time of the villains as The Walking Dead explores Savior treacheryAlex McLevy4/08/18 9:15pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkEveryone’s the hero of their own story. In Negan’s mind, he’s the strong personality needed to unite people in…
B-Season 8No one on The Walking Dead should get on Rick's bad side while he's grievingAlex McLevy4/01/18 9:00pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkPeople behave in unexpected ways when they’re grieving. If you’re Jadis, you capture Negan and tie him to a cart you…
BSeason 8The Walking Dead unleashes a terrific battle, then bites itself in the assAlex McLevy3/25/18 9:03pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIt’s difficult to assess an episode like “Do Not Send Us Astray,” because it’s more like two separate installments back…
BSeason 8The Walking Dead reminds us that its side characters are its greatest strengthLaura Bogart3/19/18 7:18amEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“The Key” is simultaneously a reminder of how mercilessly boring The Walking Dead can be (another Rick and Negan…
BSeason 8The Walking Dead gives us one tantalizing flash of real darkness among all the table-settingLaura Bogart3/11/18 9:10pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“Dead Or Alive” is a mostly quotidian episode of The Walking Dead. Daryl Dixon scowls in a most dirty-sexy fashion, and…
B-Season 8The Walking Dead tries to liven things up with a new trickZack Handlen3/04/18 9:06pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkPerhaps the only real novelty left to The Walking Dead is in the show’s increasingly desperate efforts to find new ways…
B-Season 8The Walking Dead returns with the same old linesZack Handlen2/25/18 9:25pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkBe honest: how much do you care about Carl? Do you care about him as a character? As a symbol? Are you invested in his…
B-Season 8The Walking Dead stumbles its way into winter breakZack Handlen12/10/17 10:54pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkI don’t need my heroes to be perfect. But I’d prefer it if they weren’t this dumb. It’s bad enough that Aaron and Enid…
B-Season 8It’s the passion of the Eugene on an uneven Walking DeadZack Handlen12/03/17 9:06pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWe begin and end with Rick and the Garbage People (I’m sorry, the “Scavengers,” though I still think my name is…
C+Season 8The Walking Dead goes back to meanderingZack Handlen11/26/17 9:05pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkHas any show ever made grief as tedious as it is on The Walking Dead? Late in tonight’s episode (called “The King, The…
BSeason 8The Walking Dead checks in with the baddies on an overlong but interesting episodeZack Handlen11/19/17 9:15pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkEvery so often, The Walking Dead can still surprise you. Father Gabriel is one of those surprises. Introduced back in…
B+Season 8The King struggles with his crown on an entertaining The Walking DeadZack Handlen11/12/17 9:00pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“Some Guy” begins with a flashback and another one of King Ezekiel’s speeches. On paper, that’s not a promising way to…
C+Season 8War is hell, and hell is boring, on The Walking DeadZack Handlen11/05/17 9:00pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIt looks like the Negan conflict is going to dominate at least the first half of The Walking Dead’s eighth season, for…
CSeason 8A disappointing surprise can’t save The Walking DeadZack Handlen10/29/17 9:00pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe logline for “The Damned” centers on Rick meeting an unexpectedly familiar face. It takes the entire episode to get…
B-Season 8Rick takes the fight to Negan in an adequate Walking Dead season premiereZack Handlen10/22/17 9:10pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkLast season of The Walking Dead ended with Rick joining forces with the Kingdom and Maggie’s Hilltop crew to take on…
C+Season 7Shots are fired, but that’s about the only excitement on The Walking DeadZack Handlen4/02/17 10:51pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIt took 40 minutes for “The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life” to get tense. That’s not great. There were interesting…
C+Season 7The ends justify the means on a shallow The Walking DeadZack Handlen3/26/17 9:03pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkSo let’s get this straight. After a lot of internal debate, Tara decided to spill the beans about Oceanside. This makes…
B-Season 7Too much time is wasted on a middling Walking DeadZack Handlen3/19/17 9:07pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“The Other Side” manages something I thought was nearly impossible at this point: it made me care about Rosita and…
B+Season 7Morgan struggles to get clear on a violent The Walking DeadZack Handlen3/12/17 9:08pmEditSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIt’s no surprise that the tentative peace the Kingdom has formed with the Saviors was never going to last. Negan’s…
