The Walking Dead - Season 10, Episode 08: The World Before
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Season ten begins with a new drama, where Carol is trying incredibly revenge with the need for revenge. During that period, the group at Oceanside continues training which may seem quite different especially with the return of whisper, which comes suddenly.
Not a bad episode, but as a midseason finale, it could've been better and given us more reason to care about everything that's happening and to look forward to the eventual war against the Whisperers.
As much as I like The Walking Dead story building and the character development, this silent warfare is slow. The Whisperers are definitely in control and it's frustrating. It's time for Team Family to get a win.
"The World Before" marks a perfectly tolerable denouement for what has been a radically inconsistent collection of episodes for season 10 so far. Events are now primed for what I hope is a punchier and more satisfying latter half.
Any concerns about an unresolved cliffhanger for the Dante/Sid showdown are dispelled right away in what turns out to be a tense, satisfying midseason finale.
Heroes abandoned their morality, characters were so focused on killing bad guys they became idiots, and some supremely ludicrous things happened, all to set up a "shocking" ending that was completely unearned.
Carol has a mini-meltdown in the forest and Daryl confronts her... It is a sweet, tender moment. I don't really ship them, but it makes a hell of a lot more sense than trying to force a Daryl/Connie romance to happen.
In some respects, it worked. In others, it felt like the producers forgot about a lot of storylines that should have gotten resolved, or at the very least, gotten some more steam to keep fans pondering as they await the next batch of episodes.
For the most part, "The World Before" is a perfectly solid "Walking Dead" entry. It successfully juggles several storylines without feeling as inconsequential as "Bonds," probably because some stories are just beginning while others are winding down.
