‘The Walking Dead Story’ Review: Survival of the Fittest Entertainment

Well, maybe that’s not entirely true. The gist of this episode isn’t necessarily Dr. Everett’s (Anthony Edwards) ongoing scientific research on the dead – rather, it’s more of a philosophical debate about whether humans are inherently destructive and evil.This is fine, but with many story Episodes, we’ve seen them before.

Still, the concept behind this episode is pretty nifty. Dr. Everett, who lived on the side of a (suggested Georgian) ditch in the woods, continued to monitor and study the dead using an array of video recorders, cameras and detectors. All was well until another survivor, Amy (Liu Poppy) stumbles into a group of Pacers and nearly takes out his key Pacers theme, and he’s forced to step in to save her…if only to save Pacers.

I wish I could say Amy/Dr. Everett dynamically clicks, but sadly it lacks the spark that Blair/Gina has. The actors here are all good on their own, but just like in episode 1, there’s something wrong with the chemistry. Dr. Everett’s dialogue also feels blunt. Sure, he’s a professor, but let him talk like Eugene (Josh McDermitt) is distracting and draws more attention to his “big talk” than what he actually says. Speaking of this…

After Amy is rescued, the episode focuses on the debate about whether people are good or evil, and whether human bonds are necessary for survival. Amy tells Everett she can help him find the missing walker if he helps her get back to her group, while he insists her people can’t settle on the other side of the divide as it interferes with the charm there natural scenery. (In Everett’s domain, zoo animals are roaming freely, a bit like Shiva.)

The message of this episode isn’t terribly subtle, it echoes Amy, humanity, and echoes afraid of the walking deadSeason 5 of “We Must Help Everyone!” days. In the end, despite Amy’s urging, Everett doesn’t believe people can be good people. They found his cherished walker, but they didn’t have time to save it from being eaten by a crocodile – we also learned that the walker was his ex-friend who died of cancer, so the guy never completely wiped him emotional slate. They were also too late to stop part of Amy’s team from being killed by the Horde, and Amy was incensed when Everett said they had to go with the flow.

She vows to find the rest of her team and warn the Horde before they reach them too. Everett told her she was too late, but she wouldn’t listen to him…if that seems ominous, it is. Later, Everett stumbled across the wreckage of her camp and found she was a walker with a box full of walker heads in one of the vehicles. Are her team really good people? We don’t know, that’s how this episode ends.

‘Amy/Dr. Everett’ has its moments; Everett’s research suggests that walkers may have a slight flicker of who they were, and this guy’s walker skin coat was among the dead A very bad way to walk.But in its moral debate (and its anachronistic use of material), it loses its uniqueness and becomes another cookie-cutter walking dead installment.

Four weeks later, it’s hard not to hope story play with stereotypes New Taiwan Dollar Format a little more and take some bigger swings.Each of these concepts has potential, but with the exception of “Blair/Gina,” the shows struggle in forcing themselves to stick to “classic” New Taiwan DollarThe format and message of the storytelling. The next two episodes sound interesting – maybe they’ll break the mold.

The Walking Dead StorySunday, 9/8c, AMC