Over at MSN TV: I've reviewed the mid-season premiere of AMC's THE WALKING DEAD, which premiered in the UK on Fox last night (just 24-hours after its US bow).
'After' was a far quieter episode than anticipated, but that felt right given the chaos and emotion we ended on a few weeks back. Rick's now severely injured, his group have all departed, his baby daughter's been eaten (or so it seems), and his son's having to fend for them both after taking refuge in an empty suburban house. A fair amount of this episode focused on Carl's reaction to his father's failure - which manifested in sarcasm, developed into rage, then cooled into acceptance. I love the idea of a young boy forced to mature ahead of his time, raised in such a harsh world (where a snazzy TV's now only useful because the power cord can secure a door), but it's a shame Chandler Riggs isn't a better actor.
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