I'm usually a big fan of reality-altering episodes, like what they did with Tyreese's death or Michonne tripping in TWD, but this one just felt off to me. Wasn't my least favorite episode my any means though. Most frustrating part to me honestly was Riley and his goons; they've clearly been searching for Morgan, so why would they not come with guns from the start? Plot convenience is the answer, and it's also the answer to why Riley didn't just shoot them both upon his return even though Morgan had just killed all of his goons AND stabbed Riley himself in the arm/shoulder. This guy was literally just about to kill four of this group in the previous episode, and his group has clearly killed a lot more from their other attacks, so it's just incredibly not believable that he'd leave them to survive. Only reason I'd maybe give it a pass for is if we find out that they struck some deal with Alicia and they promised they'd try not to kill any of her people, but I don't really have faith in these writers to think that far ahead/that in depth about something that most fans will just forget about the next episode anyway.
Review by KuhnBlockedParent2022-03-09T21:15:08Z
I'm usually a big fan of reality-altering episodes, like what they did with Tyreese's death or Michonne tripping in TWD, but this one just felt off to me. Wasn't my least favorite episode my any means though. Most frustrating part to me honestly was Riley and his goons; they've clearly been searching for Morgan, so why would they not come with guns from the start? Plot convenience is the answer, and it's also the answer to why Riley didn't just shoot them both upon his return even though Morgan had just killed all of his goons AND stabbed Riley himself in the arm/shoulder. This guy was literally just about to kill four of this group in the previous episode, and his group has clearly killed a lot more from their other attacks, so it's just incredibly not believable that he'd leave them to survive. Only reason I'd maybe give it a pass for is if we find out that they struck some deal with Alicia and they promised they'd try not to kill any of her people, but I don't really have faith in these writers to think that far ahead/that in depth about something that most fans will just forget about the next episode anyway.