The past few episodes are the best the show has been since Season 1. New writers?
The show is still pumping out 'tarded decisions and half-baked subplots, but less so than seasons past.
- Gabriel? They need to cut this character and storyline pronto - it's just stupid and boring.
- Sasha just wanders around wasting precious ammo. The others go looking for her, then proceed to waste even more ammo. Speaking of which, why does everybody in this show waste so much ammo? Where are they finding it all? And it's completely inconsistent. One moment they'll be grabbing hold of a zombie mosqito using a knife to conserve ammo, the next moment some dumbass is wasting a bullet to take down a solitary zombie from 50 feet - I guess just to show what a good shot they are.
- The show is still wasting time on scenes developing characters that they promptly kill and it makes no sense. Noah has this weird scene with the old Alexandria founder and it's all like "ok, so this guy's going to mentor Noah." Then Noah dies the very same episode and the old dude gets it two episodes later. What was the point? It's not misdirection - it's stupid.
- The town has one doctor with a drinking problem, and rather than lock him up and dry him out, they stick him in another house, continue to let him get loaded, and ultimately execute him. The one doctor. That's just stupid.
But on the positive side:
- The Rick/Alexandria dynamic has been good.
- Morgan finally paid off in a good way, and could be a great addition.
- Daryl and the other recruiter are pretty good.
- Carol's getting way better.
- Michone is actually getting watchable.
- The Wolves might be what the Terminus cannibals could have been if the writers hadn't screwed it up. Opening scene with Morgan was great. The trap was interesting. As first I thought it was just a booby trap, but I guess the point is to trap people in the car.
