Scarred from their experiences in the outside world, the group struggles to adapt to the normality of the Alexandria Safe-Zone.Scarred from their experiences in the outside world, the group struggles to adapt to the normality of the Alexandria Safe-Zone.Scarred from their experiences in the outside world, the group struggles to adapt to the normality of the Alexandria Safe-Zone.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAndrew Lincoln, who plays Rick Grimes, stated that this episode is like a new pilot.
- GoofsWhen Jessie brings Rick a tub full of supplies, before he opens the door the toilet paper is by her right hand. After he opens the door, the toilet paper is now by her left hand. And when he takes the tub from her, the toilet paper is back on her right side.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Rick Grimes: We good?
Daryl Dixon: Yeah. You a cop again?
Rick Grimes: I'm trying it on for size.
Carol Peletier: So we're staying?
Rick Grimes: I think we can start sleeping in our own homes. Settle in.
Carol Peletier: We get comfortable here, we let our guard down, this place is gonna make us weak.
Rick Grimes: Carl said that. But it's not gonna happen. We won't get weak, that's not in us anymore. We'll make it work. And if they can't make it... then we'll just take this place.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Walking Dead: The Journey So Far (2016)
To me, the first half of Season 5 ranged from good to outstanding from personal opinion, the first three episodes especially making for one of the best and more consistent starts of any season for the show. There were episodes that others didn't like or had a divisive critical reception/fan reaction but had a lot of fine merits still for me to still deem them solid enough while acknowledging the flaws. Actually feel overall that Season 5 was a solid season and that none of the previous Season 5 episodes were bad, but did find that between "Four Walls and a Roof" and "The Distance" some of the quality dipped and that momentum in some episodes slackened. "The Distance" was something of a return to form for 'The Walking Dead', "Remember" for me managed to be even better and is one of the season's best episodes.
A significant improvement here is the pace, which is much tighter here and in the previous episode "The Distance" than it was in some of the episodes between "Four Walls and a Roof" and "The Distance" and has much more urgency and like things are moving on. There is tension and poignancy and there is much more of a sense of things moving forward, the theme of civilisation is brilliantly handled and there is some great character development here. Particularly with Rick, Carl (the most interesting he's been in a long time) and especially Carol, a notable scene between the interview scene.
"Remember" is superbly made as one expects from 'The Walking Dead'. It has gritty and audacious production design, visuals that are well crafted and have soul rather than being overused and abused and photography of almost cinematic quality. The music is haunting and affecting, without being intrusive. The direction is controlled yet alert and the acting is never less than great, Andrew Lincoln and especially Melissa McBride being the standouts.
Writing is thought-provoking while also taut. Amidst the constant tension and emotion of the storytelling, it was also great to feel a sense of hope and that a new direction seems to be starting to form. The introduction of Alexandria fascinated and riveted, and so far there is so much more of a community and civilisation than there was with Season 3's Woodbury, which other reviewers have picked up upon.
Summing up, wonderful and well worth remembering. 10/10
- TheLittleSongbird
- Mar 11, 2019
Details
- Runtime42 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD