BSeason 8The Walking Dead's eighth season ends in big, bloodthirsty warAlex McLevy4/15/18 9:10pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWell, it took a very long time to get here, but now we know the cause of Rickâs tears from that flash-forward we sawâŚ
BSeason 8It's the time of the villains as The Walking Dead explores Savior treacheryAlex McLevy4/08/18 9:15pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkEveryoneâs the hero of their own story. In Neganâs mind, heâs the strong personality needed to unite people inâŚ
B-Season 8No one on The Walking Dead should get on Rick's bad side while he's grievingAlex McLevy4/01/18 9:00pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkPeople behave in unexpected ways when theyâre grieving. If youâre Jadis, you capture Negan and tie him to a cart youâŚ
BSeason 8The Walking Dead unleashes a terrific battle, then bites itself in the assAlex McLevy3/25/18 9:03pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkItâs difficult to assess an episode like âDo Not Send Us Astray,â because itâs more like two separate installments backâŚ
BSeason 8The Walking Dead reminds us that its side characters are its greatest strengthLaura Bogart3/19/18 7:18amEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkâThe Keyâ is simultaneously a reminder of how mercilessly boring The Walking Dead can be (another Rick and NeganâŚ
BSeason 8The Walking Dead gives us one tantalizing flash of real darkness among all the table-settingLaura Bogart3/11/18 9:10pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkâDead Or Aliveâ is a mostly quotidian episode of The Walking Dead. Daryl Dixon scowls in a most dirty-sexy fashion, andâŚ
B-Season 8The Walking Dead tries to liven things up with a new trickZack Handlen3/04/18 9:06pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkPerhaps the only real novelty left to The Walking Dead is in the showâs increasingly desperate efforts to find new waysâŚ
B-Season 8The Walking Dead returns with the same old linesZack Handlen2/25/18 9:25pmEditEmbiggenSend 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 hisâŚ
B-Season 8The Walking Dead stumbles its way into winter breakZack Handlen12/10/17 10:54pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkI donât need my heroes to be perfect. But Iâd prefer it if they werenât this dumb. Itâs bad enough that Aaron and EnidâŚ
B-Season 8Itâs the passion of the Eugene on an uneven Walking DeadZack Handlen12/03/17 9:06pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkWe begin and end with Rick and the Garbage People (Iâm sorry, the âScavengers,â though I still think my name isâŚ
C+Season 8The Walking Dead goes back to meanderingZack Handlen11/26/17 9:05pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkHas any show ever made grief as tedious as it is on The Walking Dead? Late in tonightâs episode (called âThe King, TheâŚ
BSeason 8The Walking Dead checks in with the baddies on an overlong but interesting episodeZack Handlen11/19/17 9:15pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkEvery so often, The Walking Dead can still surprise you. Father Gabriel is one of those surprises. Introduced back inâŚ
B+Season 8The King struggles with his crown on an entertaining The Walking DeadZack Handlen11/12/17 9:00pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkâSome Guyâ begins with a flashback and another one of King Ezekielâs speeches. On paper, thatâs not a promising way toâŚ
C+Season 8War is hell, and hell is boring, on The Walking DeadZack Handlen11/05/17 9:00pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIt looks like the Negan conflict is going to dominate at least the first half of The Walking Deadâs eighth season, forâŚ
CSeason 8A disappointing surprise canât save The Walking DeadZack Handlen10/29/17 9:00pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe logline for âThe Damnedâ centers on Rick meeting an unexpectedly familiar face. It takes the entire episode to getâŚ
B-Season 8Rick takes the fight to Negan in an adequate Walking Dead season premiereZack Handlen10/22/17 9:10pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkLast season of The Walking Dead ended with Rick joining forces with the Kingdom and Maggieâs Hilltop crew to take onâŚ
C+Season 7Shots are fired, but thatâs about the only excitement on The Walking DeadZack Handlen4/02/17 10:51pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkIt took 40 minutes for âThe First Day Of The Rest Of Your Lifeâ to get tense. Thatâs not great. There were interestingâŚ
C+Season 7The ends justify the means on a shallow The Walking DeadZack Handlen3/26/17 9:03pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkSo letâs get this straight. After a lot of internal debate, Tara decided to spill the beans about Oceanside. This makesâŚ
B-Season 7Too much time is wasted on a middling Walking DeadZack Handlen3/19/17 9:07pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkâThe Other Sideâ manages something I thought was nearly impossible at this point: it made me care about Rosita andâŚ
B+Season 7Morgan struggles to get clear on a violent The Walking DeadZack Handlen3/12/17 9:08pmEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkItâs no surprise that the tentative peace the Kingdom has formed with the Saviors was never going to last. NeganâsâŚ
