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I'm not sure one can write spoilers for an episode so utterly predictable, the only parts which surprised me were the few glistening moments where we saw some actual character development. Nevertheless, that's why we're here, to pick apart the show, find more tidbits to feed our need for decent entertainment.
So many fans lay their hope for TWD's future on the Negan storyline. This is it, the chance for the show to realign with the chaos within the comics. Producers have promised fans they'd get what they want from this whole thing. If a nap was their ultimate goal, they succeeded.
Grab your water wings, guys. We're taking a dip in the Mississippi in this episode. The crew is still heading southeast in an attempt to outrun the nuclear fallout Murphy unleashed on the Midwest. This is their last detour before resuming a westward course. Of course, nothing goes as planned...
This is an intriguing trend; half the show's season so far spent without most of the main cast. Matter of fact, none of the original survivors are in this episode. We're taken on a trip back to shortly after Rick and Michonne found Morgan holed up in what I lovingly refer to as his Crazy Nest. You know, that disgusting apartment with incoherent phrases scribbled all over the walls in a town set up to be a perfect zombie trap with all its sharpened stake fence lines?
There's a change in the guard coming to Alexandria. While Alexandrian's walls are stable, for now, the people inside crumble like cookies with too much butter. Morale isn't just in the toilet, it's been flushed and carried out to sea. The remaining residents are terrified, certain they'll die tomorrow...
Aside from a notable guest star, this episode is somewhat lackluster. Disappointing since the last few have been pretty solid and though the group's progress is slow, the plot has always moved forward. It lulls here. Not sure if it's because of the way the survivor group the crew encounters is written—they pretty much speak in nothing but business jargon—or if there's a subtle thing the writers wanted to show which got buried or edited almost entirely from the episode.
Rick is literally the last person I would want leading my survival group. He listens to himself, no one else. His selfishness knows no bounds. Deanna isn't ignorant to this problem. She expected Rick to finally grow to see her people as his after passing the torch...
While we're all pretending, let's pretend this is a good episode. When TWD comes back on February 14th, will we suffer through more of the same? I hope not. Not sure what I'm talking about? Keep reading through the spoilers below to figure out why this is some of the worst forty-something minutes in television history. 
This episode is not for the weak-hearted. Matter of fact, I highly regretted filling my coffee mug just one more time before settling in to watch. Twenty minutes into the episode, I paused and took a five-minute break to watch puppy videos. Otherwise my heart would've exploded.
I'm not sure one can write spoilers for an episode so utterly predictable, the only parts which surprised me were the few glistening moments where we saw some actual character development. Nevertheless, that's why we're here, to pick apart the show, find more tidbits to feed our need for decent entertainment. 
New season, new outlook on how the show will progress. It's something I do with every show hitting its sophomore season; drop expectations and watch like it's a whole new beast. 
Producer Gale Anne Hurd said, "We're really going to see a lot of things you've never seen on television before." Having seen the TWD trailer, that bar is pretty high. I don't think FtWD can deliver on the spectacle coming from its sister show. However, if they can get even an ounce of the energy from that trailer to translate to each episode's timing, I may consider watching it again.
