You’ve also heard Dawn’s justifications for the harsh price they charge before. While it’s understandable they’re not going to just blurt out every detail to a new person, everyone is obtuse for no reason, and it gets tedious in short order. But, maddeningly similar to some of the worst stretches of the series, this is endlessly hinted at, tiptoed around, and no one will give any kind of straight answer. But because this is The Walking Dead, you know that there’s more going on than meets the eye, and that the sinister feelings are more than just Beth’s unease. Edwards, for instance, has time to listen to records, collect art, and get bored, a notion that now seems foreign to Beth. This is an interesting scenario, as the place is relatively secure. You work to pay back the resources they invested in you, and you pay for food and for protection and before long you accrue more debt than you pay off and you’re trapped. The officers patrol the surrounding areas, looking for people in need and the wounded-that’s where they found Beth, about to be a walker snack-taking them in, extorting payment in the form of labor.
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While not exactly a prison, Beth isn’t free to leave either. Edwards (Erik Jensen) and the boss lady herself, Officer Dawn Lerner (Christine Woods). This is the first episode of season 5 that has filler.īeth has a Rick moment when she wakes up from being unconscious, not knowing where she is, in what turns out to be a barricaded hospital in the ruins of Atlanta. Partially because of this, partially because in trying to introduce a whole new environment and set of characters, the action is needlessly drawn out, like they could have done just as much in less time. That’s fine, it’s all well and good, but at the same time, this feels very familiar, and treads ground well worn by The Walking Dead over the previous seasons. The phrase “everything costs something” comes up a lot. This offers a glimpse at how other people have managed to survive all this time, and lets you see their struggles and hardships. We know how life on the road goes, as well as the hazards of continual motion and searching for a new place to call home. “Slabtown also tries to offer a different perspective on the zombie apocalypse than you usually get from the show. That’s great it’s actually a refreshing change and a strategy I wholeheartedly endorse.
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I have mixed feelings about “Slabtown.” As The Walking Dead did much of last season, they’re taking their time with stories, not feeling the need to check in with everyone every week-aside from Beth, there’s only one series regular anywhere in this episode. As usual, we’re going to take a stroll through Spoiler Town, so if you haven’t watched the episode yet, you may want to cool your jets for a while.