Episode 1
No Sanctuary I just watched the greatest episode of
TWD and it was un-f*cking-believable!!! I know I have gushed about a couple of previous episodes that I held in high regard, but those episodes just can not compare to the EPIC premiere tonight. All summer long I have been waiting to see how
Rick and the gang would escape their captors at
Terminus. Last season I said that it would be
Carol that would be the one to save them all. We knew it had to be her, but it was still great that she was in fact the savior. But what I did not foresee was how f*cking bad-ass she would be!!! There is a nice call back to Season 1 when she covers herself up with
Walker guts so that she could blend in with the other walkers and gain access to
Terminus. From there, it's all carnage. The guys from
TWD really stepped up their game and made this extremely gory, especially the bloodletting in the trough. Sick. Not as in awesome, but as in gross. It was wild to see that the first guy to get it was
Robin Lord Taylor, better known to the world now as
Penguin on
Gotham.
There were two great moments that took place apart from one another. Of course there was
Terminus. But lets not forget about
Tyreese who not only took on a horde of
Walkers, but managed to still save
Baby Grimes from his own captor. Epic indeed. What really made this an episode for the ages is that it's wall to wall action and explosions. But just when you think that's all there is to it,
TWD went and did something I never thought would be associated with the series. It got me choked up. When
Darryl and
Carol were reunited together, I got teary-eyed. I got a lump in my throat when
Rick and
Carl were reunited with
Baby Grimes. Such a great episode.
FYI, I'm so glad that the writers did away with
Terminus. One of the things that got long in tooth was how much time we spent in both the
Prison as well as
Woodbury. I just didn't want Season 5 to be all about
Terminus because it would just be the same sh*t....different location. My worries were all for naught as they literally burned it to the ground.