Sing Me a Song

For starters, season 7 has been a little slow. I understand the world building, I even understand concentrating on only rick's group in episode 1... but the tactic of concentrating on one or two characters per episode for the past few weeks has not very efficient. It definitely shows how much better those episodes could have been, had they moved every characters' plot along together like they did in this episode.

This episode flowed much better. Giving most of the current plot lines some advancement. They still had a centralized plot line, which was Carl's story, but the episode did not drag. The consistent tone the writers are able to keep for whenever Negan is present, is what kept me engaged and currently the stories seem to be moving at a, hopefully, steady pace.

There are, however, a few flaws. Personally, I feel as though the 16 episodes per season is the biggest problem the writers can't seem to get rid of. The episodes feel like they could have been more condensed. I truly believe that this episode could have been something that happened in an earlier episode. There were lots of memorable moments but nothing that really got me engaged for the mid season finale. Not to say this wasn't a good episode, I just think that this episode will suffer mediocre reviews due to the mistake of drawing out the stories to fill out episodes and then having this good one show up 7 weeks in.

Sing me a Song definitely did a good job of putting our characters into more drastic situations and moving the plot along from what has been a somewhat slow season. The episode was not fast paced, yet still has been the best episode this season since episode 1. I do hope for the future any slow paced episode will have this format.

My vote 8/10

Well, in this episode, we introduced the character of Nigan, which I think was done well. The positive point of this episode compared to the previous episodes was the simultaneous development of the story lines, something that we did not see in the previous episodes. And this case made us see the usual TWD again. What I can't get over is why there was no showing of Tara? In this episode, we saw very good acting and they were quite enjoyable. I hope the trend of the series is as good as this, but the creators should not forget the main theme of the series, which is to deal with zombies! Finally, I give this episode a 9.

Episodes that only focus on a single story-line should be the exception, not the rule. They can work extremely well on occasion. But when every episode is a standalone episode, the pace of the story becomes incredibly choppy and stilted. It begins to feel like nothing but filler. Unfortunately, this season has been nothing but that up until now. I appreciated the first three episodes of it, but the last three REALLY started to drag.

But now, we FINALLY get an episode that cuts back and forth between more than one plot. Ironically, it's also the episode that finally gets to the one story-line that I wish did have its own episode all to itself; the budding relationship between Carl and Negan. It was my favourite part of the comic, and it is adapted almost word for word into this episode. To see those iconic scenes and that brilliant dialogue come to life with actors is almost too thrilling to describe.

Obviously all the other aspects were eclipsed by those sections, but they were still of reasonable quality. Rosita and Eugene have some good scenes. Father Gabriel actually has some significant dialogue for once. There is a nice little tribute to Omar from the Wire.

Overall, I would say that the faithful translation of comic scenes and the use of multiple story lines running in parallel makes this the strongest episode so far in a sub-par season.

TWD has been my favorite show since the beginning, but this season has me doubting if I will continue to watch. This format of devoting the show to one character is boring unless its Rick , Daryl, Carole , Michonne or Maggie. What is appealing to the viewer is the relationships they have with the viewer and the appeal. Rick and Daryl are the stars yet we saw Rick for about 20 minutes this season. Daryl has his time but we want to see them together. Writers and Show Runners you need to change it up next season or it may be your last.Its is very difficult to get invested in the other characters. Love Jeffry Dean Walker and he plays a great sociopath/ psychopath , he is frightening. Remember Rick ,Daryl, Carole and Michonne.

A snooze fest. how did people like this episode? didn't bring anything new or interesting to the table, negan's character is excessive, and they're just milking it.