A Look at The Walking Dead- Season 5, Episode 9: “What Happened and What’s Going On”

So after Beth and a pair of scissors ruined a perfectly good standoff and exchange, let’s see how our walker killing group picks up right after.  “What Happened and What’s Going On” is a strong return for the rest of Season Five and, like “The Grove,” shows the price of optimism in a world filled with so much loss and danger.  It has the benefit of focusing primarily on one group and, as such, feels like a more cohesive story.

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A Look at The Walking Dead- Season 5, Episode 8: “Coda”

And so it was, “Coda” brings the first half of Season Five of The Walking Dead to a close. While this episode wasn’t as strong as it could have been and the writing could have been much better, “Coda” had a good amount of tension toward the latter half as the series bid farewell to another character. The question remains, though…did it have to go down like that? Let’s find out.

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