- THE WALKING DEAD SEASON 9 EPISODE 1 PUTLOCKERS FULL
- THE WALKING DEAD SEASON 9 EPISODE 1 PUTLOCKERS SERIES
We learned the Commonwealth is hyper anxious, uber secure, and probably abusive and cruel, but we knew that already from season ten's "Splinter." It's a shame that those extra six episodes last season couldn't have positioned the series, story-wise, to have a better premiere. Eugene (Josh McDermitt), Ezekiel (Khary Payton), Princess (Juanita Sanchez), and Yumiko (Eleanor Matsuura) dealt with the Commonwealth's auditors for an exciting round of incessant questioning ("How many bowel movements do you have a day?").
The B-story here, which is the angle that is actively leading us toward something new, didn't exactly light any fires either. It's not altogether random, of course, as the purpose of this mission is to get food to feed the starving remnants of Alexandria and Hilltop, but even starting your final season with everything in desperate shambles - and major characters actively opting out of dangerous missions because, er, why do anything anymore? - has a big bummer vibe.
THE WALKING DEAD SEASON 9 EPISODE 1 PUTLOCKERS FULL
Sure, it's interesting to see a bunker full of walkers taking a joint nap (a decade into the zompocalyse means zombies can go into power-saving mode, it appears) but, despite the carnage, the sequence feels tiny and tacked in. It's inside, darkly lit, and hard to follow. It's a big action set piece, evoking the famous Raiders of the Lost Ark "Well of Souls" snake scene, but in its own way, it's classic late-stage Walking Dead, in that it's ultimately hollow. "Acheron: Part I" starts off with an example of some of these side effects. One upside here, at least, is that both Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan are in top form as Maggie and Negan erupt in vehement arguments, which is certainly better than a silent glowering contest.
THE WALKING DEAD SEASON 9 EPISODE 1 PUTLOCKERS SERIES
Post-Rick Grimes, the efforts to steer Daryl (Norman Reedus) into the leader of the series never quite worked, so now there's an overall floating, formless feeling to the saga. And if that years-old conflict really is the most interesting focal point the writers can come up with, that's not a great sign. This isn't to say there isn't material to explore between Maggie and Negan now that the latter is fully integrated into the group (though still a bit of an outcast), but it should not be the front-and-center focus of the series. Any plot to kill Negan she might have now feels like a backstracking of sorts, or at least a storyline that should've been touched on long ago. At this point, Maggie's hatred of Negan is five years old in our time and six or seven years old in the show's time - and also, she already spared his life back in season nine's "What Comes After," when Lauren Cohan left the series for ABC's Whiskey Cavalier. Often, season openers go big and deliver a certain amount of goods to get viewers primed and ready for the exciting storylines ahead, but this starter felt lackluster, small in scope, and too much a part of the post-Whisperer War malaise.Ī better move would have been to release Parts I and II on the same night, as just the first half of this particular trek, involving Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) loudly airing their grievances during a dangerous underground shortcut through D.C., would land a hell of a lot better if you got the whole story up front. The Walking Dead's season eleven premiere, "Acheron: Part I," isn't exactly cut from the same lackadaisical cloth as season ten's extra pandemic episodes, but it also doesn't feel like a vital, proper kickoff for what's to be the long-running show's final season.
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