The Walking Dead - Season 5, Episode 1, "No Sanctuary," Review. (Spoilers)
(Spoilers)
So The Walking Dead usually starts off with big premieres. The pilot was exceptional, Season 2 started well, Season 3 had a kickass premiere, and Season 4 had a slower, but interesting first episode. How is the Season 5 premiere?
It is very, very good! Excluding the Pilot, the Season 5 premiere is the best start to any season of The Walking Dead yet.
Let's recap.
This episode begins with the word "Then" on the screen in white, with a black background. We see the terminites in a train car with screams coming from outside. This flashback is a fantastic opening, and a real attention grabber. Then, we cut to the present. Rick, Glen, and Bob are taken to a big room with some other captives, and things get violent. People are beaten over the head. And after they get hit, another man comes and quickly slice there throats. It's like the Box Cutter scene from Breaking Bad in terms of how graphic it is. Already, this episode is super dark, and super intense.
Some brief negotiation occurs and then boom! An explosions shakes the room and the credits begin.
This was the opening. Only the first few minutes of the episode! And I knew from those first few minutes that this episode would be great.
Soon we are introduced again to Carol, Tyreese, and Judith. While Carol goes off to Terminus, Tyreese stays in a cabin with Judith, and a terminus soldier he captured. Lots of interesting stuff happens in these scenes, and when the prisoner gets a hold of Judith, it was truly horrifying. Luckily Tyreese took care of him, in an immensely satisfying scene.
While all of that was happening, Carol was heading to Terminus, where all sorts of badass things occurred. Carol is one of the best developed characters the show has ever had, and she continues to be an awesome character. It turns out she's the one who caused the explosion in the opening. And that explosion looked fantastic by TV standards. Good job, special effects team.
And after that explosion, things were non-stop action.
It was crazy watching Rick be completely brutal after being changed by his encounter in the Season 4 finale, "A." He stabbed people, he shot people, he was totally merciless.
I think there was more action in this episode then in last season's "Too Far Gone" or the Season 2 finale. It's crazy when you remember that this is only episode 1.
About the action though. While there's more quantity of it, it didn't necessarily feel as impactful as it does in other episodes. It was a kind of shallow episode. Nobody important was really dying either. But it's only the premiere, and I don't actually think anyone major should have died this early, and I'm not too bothered by the lack of feeling in the action because I think this was just supposed to be a fun, fast-paced premiere. And it works.
Plus, after the battle ends there is a big, emotional reunion. Rick and Carl see Judith again, and it's very heartwarming.
And there's the awesome post credit scene!!!! I actually didn't see it, or even know about it until people talked about it online, so the surprise was ruined for me, but I am extremely excited by the possibilities that can happen now. I mean, Morgan!!!! If he can become a main cast member, I would love this show even more.
+Awesome Action
+Morgan!
+Badass Rick
+Terminus Flashback
+Fast Paced Premiere
+Reunions
Score: 9/10
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