“Jim and Terri go full spoilers on why they thought “Mercy,” the 100th episode of The Walking Dead, underdelivered — and theorize a bit on the questions introduced in the Season 8 premiere.” – YT
“The closing credits of The Walking Dead’s season premiere dedicates the episode to George Romero, who died this past summer at age 77, after essentially inventing the post-apocalyptic zombie genre with his cult classic Night of the Living Dead and its myriad sequels, reboots and rip-offs.
“And yet just about everything that happened in the hour leading up to that little tip o’ the cap to the master was a reminder of how much this show has moved beyond Romero.
“What started as a epic riff on the Dead movies has become … well, something else entirely.”
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