The Walking Dead "No Sanctuary" Review/Thoughts

The escape from Teminus is on in The Walking Dead's Season 5 premiere. SPOILERS!

High Points

• CANNIBALS FINALLY!!!
• Terminus Meat room was fucked 
• Commando Carol
• Zombie Fireworks
• Moral conflict presented by hostage
• Exciting action and gore
• You are the butcher or you are the cattle
• Judith becomes the hostage
• Tyrese unleashes his beast mode
• Eugene and Abraham are spot on
• The gang's emotional reunion
• Robin Lord Taylor  (Penguin) throat slit
• No Beth and no singing
• MORGAN REVEAL!

Being a pledge sucks. #Clench

Low Points

• Freeing "We are the same!" Jesus Guy (Heavy Handed)
• Confusing time jumps
• Not enough Michonne or Daryl
• Quickly back to status quo

Verdict: 5 seasons in and I have finally accepted that The Walking Dead may never truly follow the comics. That being said I extremely enjoyed this premiere episode of the zombie survival series. The escape from Terminus brought tension, action, gore, and even fireworks. This show is at it's best when the group is in conflict with other humans because those situations bring up the moral dilemmas of living in a zombie ridden world. Particularly the scenes between the Terminus hostage and Tyrese were quite compelling. Can you be a good person in a world that consistently calls for extreme action? In this single case yes, but that is the ever lingering of the show and it was on full display in those scenes. Carol's character has really grown on me and her helping the group escape was exciting and a perfect bridge to bring her back in the fold. I'm happy to be rid of Terminus this quick, but fear it will lead to more "just walking around". Screw the "walking around" status quo let the story move on to the trip to Washington DC. Overall I give the premiere episode 8.5 out of 10. Great episode and start to the season.

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Rick Grimes' "CARL" Counter: Sadly Rick only said Carl one time. But at least there was no Beth!