No Way Out is the title of the mid-season premiere and it begins exactly where we left off in the previous episode, yes that cliffhanger ending. Rick Grimes and company covered themselves up with zombie guts to sneak out which went smooth before Sam called out "Mom". On the road somewhere, in the after credit scene Daryl, Abraham and Sasha met a couple of survivors that serves a future villain called Negan and the community he runs is called The Saviors. There is a lot happening in this episode and it was so well written and executed perfectly which left it at the high rating it has, it's a superb one.
Greg Nicotero directed this episode and as usual he does a magnificent job with directing and the makeup/special effects. It's one of the highest rated episodes of the show and if you watch it you will understand. It's action packed, lots of character development, fantastic performances and suspenseful. The first, second and now third time I have been sitting on the edge of my seat, it's just that suspenseful which the show should be. The writers and whole production team brought their A game and made an episode you will remember for years to come.
Andrew Lincoln, what an actor. His performance in this episode was phenomenal and was award worthy like most of his performances on this show are. You can give the character Sam all the hate in the world but the actors who portrays him did a strong and believable performance, he's one of those child actors that really blows your mind.
Some random thoughts of the episode and season. I'll begin with how well and true Greg Nicotero is to the source material in terms of how he shoots the scenes, almost the same at times which is great to see for me and the others who have read the graphic novel. The other thought I have is the bandage Rick got on his hand, when I saw this season back when it aired on television I thought that he would lose his hand like he did in the comics but I was of course wrong but it was a fun nod to the comic version of Rick Grimes.
Greg Nicotero directed this episode and as usual he does a magnificent job with directing and the makeup/special effects. It's one of the highest rated episodes of the show and if you watch it you will understand. It's action packed, lots of character development, fantastic performances and suspenseful. The first, second and now third time I have been sitting on the edge of my seat, it's just that suspenseful which the show should be. The writers and whole production team brought their A game and made an episode you will remember for years to come.
Andrew Lincoln, what an actor. His performance in this episode was phenomenal and was award worthy like most of his performances on this show are. You can give the character Sam all the hate in the world but the actors who portrays him did a strong and believable performance, he's one of those child actors that really blows your mind.
Some random thoughts of the episode and season. I'll begin with how well and true Greg Nicotero is to the source material in terms of how he shoots the scenes, almost the same at times which is great to see for me and the others who have read the graphic novel. The other thought I have is the bandage Rick got on his hand, when I saw this season back when it aired on television I thought that he would lose his hand like he did in the comics but I was of course wrong but it was a fun nod to the comic version of Rick Grimes.