the comedy bits in this show are awful

Mark Mylod directing next ep

He bout to go sicko mode 😈

Next week about to be a movie

💔

I liked the Dina and Ellie hand signals

40 mins in and

You’re gonna be so excited when you see Jordan peele in a couple episodes

What does demon home p**** mean

With this HBO money you'd think the zombie make up would be better

S*** looking like a straight to DVD 2007 zombie joint party city

We making up complaints now

...this is the most absurd complaint I've ever heard about this show

Yeah what…. Zombies in this go so incredibly hard

ngl i liked her this ep

need next ep to be the madness it should be

Very weak opener, every change made was to its detriment. I say this as someone who holds Part II as a top 5 game of all time.

GQ’s review of the season take on the next episode.

Without crossing too many red spoiler lines, it is early in the season that Jackson finds itself under threat. What follows is an episode long extended set-piece in which the town is assaulted by the horde — towering bloaters, runners, clickers, you name it — evoking the biggest, most visceral and goriest battles from the peak of HBO's flagship fantasy series. Explosive barrels, flamethrowers, clicker-hungry dogs and enough ammunition to arm a small state are deployed in defence of the settlement; it's the sort of bicep-flexing episode you watch and think, "Ah, so this is where half of the budget went". Not that it's all about the flashy effects and violence. The episode has clear emotional stakes, and you care about the outcomes for almost all involved — even the peripheral characters we might've only momentarily glimpsed in prior scenes.

The actors across the ensemble put in series-best work, with masterful direction from Succession's Mark Mylod, who deftly weaves together the episode's most emotional and action-heavy beats. Altogether, it's the certain Emmy play — sure to go down as a TV all-timer, and waxed poetic about in the same way as season one standout "Long, Long Time".

The NYE party was great. The performances were good all around. Just not a fan at all of how Abby was introduced. Remove that first scene of her and the fireflies in SLC 5 years ago, and that final shot of them in the woods in Wyoming immediately hits 100x harder

Literally my only critique of the episode. ESPECIALLY with the way Abby’s motives for killing Joel are immediately revealed. In the game, the way they only subtly hinted at her having a vendetta out for Joel added sooooo much more suspense and at the edge of my seat until “that” scene.

kaitlyn dever...that was abby

Really wish Abby came in with no context and did the deed. Isn’t the whole point of the first half of the game is that we are fully behind Elle on her mission for revenge bc we think Abby is a purely evil character and don’t know her original motive. Feel like they may completely switch up the narrative structure now

When you've never played the games so you take what the show gives you ⏯️

This thread is wild what the Helly