The Walking Dead Redemption Club season 7, episode 1. The First Day of the Rest of Your Lifeg. Last year, AMCs The Walking Dead sparked an outrage. The gory season 7 premiere threw away beloved characters in the name of archvillain Negan, and audiences followed suit by the time the midseason finale rolled around, ratings had dropped 4. Do you like the How I Met Your Mother TV series Do you think it should have ended when it did Would you like to see a reunion someday How I Met Your Mother Episode Scripts Springfield Springfield TV Show Episode Scripts. SS is dedicated to The Simpsons and host to thousands of free TV show. Now the show has returned for the second half of the season. Its an opportunity to chart a new course, to correct the mistakes its made, and convince viewers that the story of Rick Grimes is still worth following. The only question is whether the series can pull it off. Welcome to The Walking Dead Redemption Club. Nick Statt I wish I could be going into this finale with higher hopes, but this season has done very little to instill confidence. Bryan, after last years premiere, and the grotesque and manipulative deaths of Glenn and Abraham, we both assumed the show would have something to prove, that crumbling ratings just might push the show past its cheap tricks and shallow storylines. It seemed self evident that redemption was the aim, to make up for having forfeited the heart of the narrative in favor of tasteless shock and a slavish commitment to the source material. It would have at least been interesting if the show failed at those goals in spectacular fashion. Instead, its mostly spun its wheels, neither course correcting nor going all in on one particular narrative strategy. Thats made for a frustrating season where the big moments have all been forgettable and the subplots have been circuitous and dull. How I Met Your Mother 1. And thats really noble. Maybe the show was always destined to devolve into a passable comic book adaptation. But it was not so long ago The Walking Dead was praised for its ability to take risks. At this point its not clear to me what a risk would even look like, save knocking Rick off and installing a new main character something Im sure will never happen. Bryan Bishop Its definitely been a frustrating season. A dismal first half, followed by a second half that was promising at times before circling the same drain of frustration the last few weeks. Given how all of this started given the premise of the Redemption Club itself I went into the season 7 premiere looking for two things the first was catharsis, something that would actually make Glenn and Abrahams deaths mean something, or at least give viewers some sense of true closure. The fact that its April 2. But even more important was some sense of narrative purpose. The Walking Dead has long been accused of treading water when it should be creating an engaging story and moving it forward. That sense has only become more heightened the last few seasons, as Negan was endlessly teased, before showing up and being just generally terrible. You suggested that Negan may not die in the season finale, and while that could be okay, either way the show will have to demonstrate that it is doing something with its storyline and themes that go beyond what has become a seemingly eternal back and forth where nobody changes, nothing evolves, and the audience is left wondering why we should be watching outside of sheer habit. So lets see if The Walking Dead redeemed itself. Photo by Gene Page AMCThe i. Pod Opener. Bryan The last few episodes of The Walking Dead have really been into opening images, and this time we get a close up of Sasha, in a dark, undisclosed location, listening to headphones. She slowly seems to get drowsy, until her eyes finally close, and thats when the show kicks into the opening credits. The image of Headphone Sasha recurs repeatedly throughout the episode, usually when the show comes back from commercial breaks, paired with a kind of flashback dream sequence where Sasha gets to see Abraham again. Their interactions are dreamy, her seemingly thinking back to better times and making peace with what shes lost. How-I-Met-Your-Mother-Season-8-Episode-11-12-The-Final-Page-4.jpg?w=550' alt='How I Met Your Mother Episode 11 Season 4' title='How I Met Your Mother Episode 11 Season 4' />But in this first instance, she snaps back to reality shes stuck in Negans cell, still, and he wants her help for his grand plan to bring Rick to heel. Such a kidder. Photo by Gene Page AMCA Chat with Dwight. Watch Top Cat Online Freeform. Nick In the comics, Dwights betrayal of Negan is a big turning point for Rick and crew, giving them the edge over the Saviors they desperately need. Of course, you wouldnt know any of that by watching how that storyline played out it tonights finale. Dwight, who mysteriously slipped out of Negans Sanctuary last week, tells Rick hes there to help. We get a scene where Daryl almost slits his throat after some insistent pleading from Tara, whos still pretty torn up about her girlfriend getting an arrow through the eye last season. Of course, Daryl relents and Rick decides to ask Dwight for some valuable insight. How I Met Your Mother Episode 11 Season 4' title='How I Met Your Mother Episode 11 Season 4' />That valuable insight turns out to be telling Alexandria to put some trees in the road to stall Negan yes, really. Im not sure if this whole Dwight arc is supposed to be more fleshed out in the future, but it felt silly and out of place in last nights episode. Later on, we see the turncoat carrying on by Negans side as if everything is normal. If almost feels like an entire segment of the script concerning Dwights grander plan was chopped out, leaving a gaping hole in the episode that feels painfully unfilled. Photo by Gene Page AMCEverybody Finally Decides to Pitch In. Bryan Thinking back on it, its actually pretty amazing how much shoe leather The Walking Dead spent on the simple idea of getting the various communities to band together against the Saviors. Negan and his crew are just the most evil force in the world as far as theyve all been concerned and can turn on them at any moment. Still, the show needed to fill 1. Gregory left last week, if youll recall not that he ever shows up in this weeks episode. Maggie is daunted by the seriousness of the decision, knowing that she could be leading people to their death, but Jesus is relieved because he trusts Maggie to make the right choice. Meanwhile, Ezekiel and Team Kingdom are prowling when they come across Morgan, who had gone rogue earlier. As Ezekiel notes, hes wearing Benjamins armor, because after everything thats happened Morgan has decided hes cool with killing again and has gone on a one man revenge mission. But Ezekiel wont let him stay out on his own. Whos been giving the Saviors intel, and to what end The answer reveals itself when Rosita goes to detonate her explosives upon Negans arrival for the big showdown and nothing happens. As Rick exchanges worried looks with the others, Jadis and her silent trash heap denizens turn their weapons on the Alexandrians. Its a surprise moment in a show otherwise devoid of twists, and mostly succeeds in shaking things up in an episode that feels like every beat could be seen coming a mile away. The show decides to go for a strong one two knockout by slamming the Jadis betrayal up against the big Sasha reveal. Given that the character was rolled out in a coffin for dramatic effect maybe it was only natural that when Negan pried the door open, a zombified Sasha leaps out. It wouldnt be a finale of The Walking Dead if there wasnt a frenzied shootout, and I have to admit that its this kind of wild scrambling that reminds me that this show is at its best when it channels its inner action movie. Photo by Gene Page AMCA Pair of Convenient Entrances. Nick Naturally, things dont go too smoothly for Rick and the rest of Alexandria when the bullets start flying. After he gets shot in the side and tossed off a sniper perch by Jadis, Rick finds himself and Carl at gunpoint as the rest of the remaining survivors are rounded up by the Saviors. Its here that Negan outlines his master plan hes going to kill Carl with Lucille and then chop both of Ricks hands off. Instead of falling into despair, Rick delivers perhaps his most definitive and resilient lines in well over a season. Of course, Negan finds this all very laughable. Yet just as hes about to bring the bat down on Carls head, Ezekiels tiger jumps into the fray from out of nowhere.