Dead or Alive Or
- Episode aired Mar 11, 2018
- TV-MA
- 45m
Daryl finds himself in bad company as his group heads to the Hilltop; Gabriel's faith gets tested.Daryl finds himself in bad company as his group heads to the Hilltop; Gabriel's faith gets tested.Daryl finds himself in bad company as his group heads to the Hilltop; Gabriel's faith gets tested.
- Rick Grimes
- (credit only)
- Michonne
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- Aaron
- (credit only)
- Paul 'Jesus' Rovia
- (credit only)
- Ezekiel
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- Simon
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSeth Gilliam rehearsed having impaired vision by walking around with his eyes closed. "He kept hitting his head on things like strange tree branches, tree trunks, people... it was bizarre."
- GoofsThis season takes place about three years after the initial outbreak, at this point most medications, especially antibiotics and opioid painkillers like morphine, that are not stored properly (in a cool, dark, dry room) would have lost most of their potency and would be useless. The pills on the floor of that room Gabriel finds were exposed to sunlight and fluctuating temperatures and humidity over a period of years, which will cause most medications to decay rapidly. If properly stored most medications can actually last for years beyond the expiration date, FDA guidelines for stockpiled medications stored properly says most medications are safe to use 6 years past their expiration date. So at this point in time the only medications that would still have any clinical effect would be ones that were stored in an air tight, pitch black, temperature controlled room.
- Quotes
Negan: I'm disappointed, Eugene. This crap was supposed to be behind us. Two flushes and out the pipe. Top it all off, my only doctor and that creepy-ass priest somehow managed to jump ship without anybody knowing about it. You have any idea how something like that could happen, Eugene?
Dr. Eugene Porter: No, I would not venture to guess.
Negan: Carson was never one of us. He was a weasel, just like his weasel brother. That's my best stab at it.
Dr. Eugene Porter: Drawing together associations and behaviors, that's a solid stab.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Talking Dead: The Lost and the Plunderers (2018)
- SoundtracksThe Walking Dead Main Title
Written by Bear McCreary
Gabriel has a crisis of faith. You know, the usual story, when things go wrong do you continue to believe it's all part of God's plan or does it destroy your faith? He has his faith tested by multiple events. This theme has been explored with Gabriel in the past so why do the writers feel the need to return to it again? It is a character arc that has already been in previous seasons, yet it's repeated here probably because the writers don't have any new ideas.
The same applies to everything else. Maggie faces up to the moral issue of what to do with prisoners while Tara, Rosita and Daryl squabble over what to do with Dwight. Again, none of this is new territory. The issue has been explored several times this season, and really throughout this show's history ever since Season 2's "Judge, Jury, Executioner". The writers keep coming back to it because they have no other ideas.
What makes it worse is that there are now so many characters that you just don't care about any of it. The guy who was with Gabriel, whose name I can't even remember- why should I care about him? Why should I care about the dozens of characters who are with Tara, Rosita and Daryl? Why should I care what happens to Maggie's prisoners? Whenever any of these characters are put at risk, there's no tension because they're so clearly just side characters, with little to no personality, to be dispensed with whenever the story wishes. When the main characters like Tara, Daryl and Maggie are under threat there's no tension either because you just know they're going to make it.
Even the main actors playing Tara, Daryl and Maggie seem to have given up, giving lifeless performances that do the precise opposite of bringing their characters to life. It's like they know full well how lame this show is and don't want to be there. I can relate.
There's one good thing about this episode, Negan's new plan to cover weapons in Walker guts. If Scott Gimple doesn't screw this up, it could actually lead to genuinely exciting and suspenseful results.
- TheDonaldofDoom
- Mar 12, 2018
Details
- Runtime45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD