TV Review: AMC’s The Walking Dead 5×11, “The Distance”

It is amazing how The Walking Dead is a show where the happiest episode in a while is one that features an entire car getting splashed with zombie goo. Easing the breaks on the bleakness seen in the past few…

TV Review: AMC’s The Walking Dead 5×10, “Them”

I believe that everyone who watches The Walking Dead at this point (and that is more than just a couple people, I’m sure) know that it is not a series that really hides what it is going for.  As much…

TV Review: AMC’s The Walking Dead 5×09, “What Happened And What’s Going On”

Three months later and things have not gotten any happier on The Walking Dead.  In fact, if it weren’t for the artsy-ness of this mid-season premiere episode, “What Happened and What’s Going On,” I would go as far as to say…

Read of the Week: ‘#scandal’ by Sarah Ockler

Lucy’s learned some important lessons from tabloid darling Jayla Heart’s all-too-public blunders: Avoid the spotlight, don’t feed the Internet trolls, and keep your secrets secret. The policy has served Lucy well all through high school, so when her best friend…

TV Review: AMC’s The Walking Dead 5×08, “Coda”

As strong as season 5 of The Walking Dead has been for the most part, here we are with the mid-season finale, which delivered a very strong first five minutes and a compelling enough final five minutes (after the credits),…

TV Review: AMC’s The Walking Dead 5×07, “Crossed”

The amazing thing about an episode like this is how well it works.  In past seasons, an episode like “Crossed” would fall into a category of episodes that can basically be forgotten, as it serves as a way to align…

TV Review: AMC’s The Walking Dead 5×06, “Consumed”

The Walking Dead continues its run of episodes focused around one set of characters, and it continues to pay off.  “Consumed” has us following Carol and Daryl for an hour, which should satisfy most fans, as these two characters are…