There's so much potential to explore the CRM and make some true progression with the overall story (who they are, what they do, how the organisation works) yet they're focusing on irrelevant characters and stories that we've seen before and lacks entertainment/ progress. Not many episodes left so I hope it picks up because there's so much more potential.
10 Reviews
Not the way
tristan_1910 October 2021
Warning: Spoilers
This isn't how you do a good tv episode... Fake tension all the way round. Hope just wandering around in a bunker and playing games. Uninteresting dialogue, and no furthering of the plot. The story is stagnant as hell, and the way to reunite Elton and Percy with the rest of the group is way too contrived. Next episode looks good tho.
An episode that can be characterized as the calm before the storm and, despite being quite slow, brings us a certain reward in the end
fernandoschiavi9 May 2024
Huck reunites with her husband Dennis and is cleared for a return to active duty following her successful mission. However, Huck struggles to cope with the things that she was forced to do with it being revealed that her mission was a result of a mistake that Dennis made that got people hurt and Huck's own attempts to fix it; Huck decides that, for the time being, she can't be with Dennis until she sorts her feelings out. Hope attends school and bonds further with Mason as well as coming up with the idea of using yeast fermentation to help accelerate the decay of the undead.
However, with Leo continuing to press hard to find Iris and Felix, Hope convinces Huck to take her to the Perimeter using a jeep borrowed from Dennis. Searching for their friends, Elton and Percy try to steal from siblings Asha and Dev, getting them into trouble; Asha and Dev turn out to be Indira's children and they take Elton and Percy to the Perimeter where they are reunited with Iris. Informed of recent events, Elton bonds with Asha while Iris reconnects with Percy. That night, Hope and Huck arrive with Percy plotting revenge against Huck for his uncle's murder.
The third episode of the second season of TWD: World Beyond, titled "Exit Wounds," is an episode that can be characterized as the calm before the storm and, despite being quite slow, brings us a certain reward in the end.
Starting with the most complicated parts of the episode, we have Hope (Alexa Mansour), who shows signs of post-traumatic stress disorder as she has flashbacks of past events and her friends throughout the episode. There's also a completely unnecessary moment where, to reaffirm the character's genius, we have almost two full minutes of dialogue between her and Mason (Will Meyers).
All this plot surrounding Hope, which could be very good and finally deliver all the answers the series set out to provide, is testing the patience of viewers because it seems to be going nowhere. All the moments with the character's father or the other teenagers are completely uninteresting and lose much of our attention.
Furthermore, Hope pressures Huck (Annet Mahendru) again to find Iris (Aliyah Royale) and Felix (Nico Tortorella). Huck, however, is dealing with her own issues related to Dennis (Max Osinski). They had some kind of relationship before the daughter of Lieutenant Elizabeth (Julia Ormond) went on a mission to Omaha, and there is a whole drama between them that, honestly, doesn't excite much either. There's a brief mention of Silas (Hal Cumpston) here, and it's not clear if Huck understood, but it already brings the characters much closer to meeting in the future.
This is also the first episode in the season where Elton (Nicolas Cantu) and Percy (Ted Sutherland) appear. It's funny how, even though they say they're traveling around looking for the group, they never seem to leave the same place since they're normally found in open fields, extremely similar to where they were previously.
While the two wander in search of any of their friends, they encounter a pair in the middle of the forest, Asha (Madelyn Kientz) and Dev (Abubakr Ali), who introduce a more spiritualized interpretation of walkers in the series. After killing them, the two perform a whole ritual, praying and placing flowers in the eyes of the vessels.
The pair captures the boys and takes them hostage to a location full of signs that read "biohazard" and similar things, but, as the world is too small and all roads lead to the same place, the duo turns out to be the children of Indira (Anna Khaja), the chief of the Perimeter. These coincidences drive me crazy...
After the reunion of Elton, Percy, and Iris - since Felix was apparently too busy to appear - we have another reunion. After convincing Huck to take her to her sister, Hope also appears in the community, surprising everyone. It's interesting to note that this is the first meeting between Elton and Hope since the girl admitted to killing his mother.
In Exit Wounds, we managed to have almost all the core characters introduced with plausible development. As the series finale approaches, The Walking Dead: World Beyond is missing more and more opportunities to show itself as a work that truly encompasses content for the TWD universe.
However, with Leo continuing to press hard to find Iris and Felix, Hope convinces Huck to take her to the Perimeter using a jeep borrowed from Dennis. Searching for their friends, Elton and Percy try to steal from siblings Asha and Dev, getting them into trouble; Asha and Dev turn out to be Indira's children and they take Elton and Percy to the Perimeter where they are reunited with Iris. Informed of recent events, Elton bonds with Asha while Iris reconnects with Percy. That night, Hope and Huck arrive with Percy plotting revenge against Huck for his uncle's murder.
The third episode of the second season of TWD: World Beyond, titled "Exit Wounds," is an episode that can be characterized as the calm before the storm and, despite being quite slow, brings us a certain reward in the end.
Starting with the most complicated parts of the episode, we have Hope (Alexa Mansour), who shows signs of post-traumatic stress disorder as she has flashbacks of past events and her friends throughout the episode. There's also a completely unnecessary moment where, to reaffirm the character's genius, we have almost two full minutes of dialogue between her and Mason (Will Meyers).
All this plot surrounding Hope, which could be very good and finally deliver all the answers the series set out to provide, is testing the patience of viewers because it seems to be going nowhere. All the moments with the character's father or the other teenagers are completely uninteresting and lose much of our attention.
Furthermore, Hope pressures Huck (Annet Mahendru) again to find Iris (Aliyah Royale) and Felix (Nico Tortorella). Huck, however, is dealing with her own issues related to Dennis (Max Osinski). They had some kind of relationship before the daughter of Lieutenant Elizabeth (Julia Ormond) went on a mission to Omaha, and there is a whole drama between them that, honestly, doesn't excite much either. There's a brief mention of Silas (Hal Cumpston) here, and it's not clear if Huck understood, but it already brings the characters much closer to meeting in the future.
This is also the first episode in the season where Elton (Nicolas Cantu) and Percy (Ted Sutherland) appear. It's funny how, even though they say they're traveling around looking for the group, they never seem to leave the same place since they're normally found in open fields, extremely similar to where they were previously.
While the two wander in search of any of their friends, they encounter a pair in the middle of the forest, Asha (Madelyn Kientz) and Dev (Abubakr Ali), who introduce a more spiritualized interpretation of walkers in the series. After killing them, the two perform a whole ritual, praying and placing flowers in the eyes of the vessels.
The pair captures the boys and takes them hostage to a location full of signs that read "biohazard" and similar things, but, as the world is too small and all roads lead to the same place, the duo turns out to be the children of Indira (Anna Khaja), the chief of the Perimeter. These coincidences drive me crazy...
After the reunion of Elton, Percy, and Iris - since Felix was apparently too busy to appear - we have another reunion. After convincing Huck to take her to her sister, Hope also appears in the community, surprising everyone. It's interesting to note that this is the first meeting between Elton and Hope since the girl admitted to killing his mother.
In Exit Wounds, we managed to have almost all the core characters introduced with plausible development. As the series finale approaches, The Walking Dead: World Beyond is missing more and more opportunities to show itself as a work that truly encompasses content for the TWD universe.
Stop wasting time!
elias-3401318 October 2021
Never been angered much from an episode as I have from this one. This is supposed to be a limited two season series yet they're wasting it on boring teen drama plot lines.
I do not care about annoying teenagers playing jenga. This is the walking dead yet its too focused on unimportant plot points.
This should not have been ten episodes because every episode feels long and drawn out.
I do not care about annoying teenagers playing jenga. This is the walking dead yet its too focused on unimportant plot points.
This should not have been ten episodes because every episode feels long and drawn out.
Still bad, but I keep watching. Not sure why
grlym-4684918 October 2021
Episode has it all
buddybradley-2266519 October 2021
Boring Episode
revieweranarchy7510 October 2021
This episode didn't further the story much and felt stagnant on all fronts. The one plus side is that Iris didn't have much screen time but when she did it wasn't nearly as bad as some of her other episodes. I hope they show Jadis soon because that's a big reason many of us are watching this show.
Weakest this season, proving the show didn't improve much.
frankiesilver-9183623 June 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I hate to say it, but this episode really was pretty weak.
All it did to advance the plot was return Elton and Percy to the others, but when you barely care about the characters it doesn't really matter anyway.
Being in the target audience age demographic for young adult media, I can't even act like I care about any of the teen relationships. They're just so cringy to watch and half of them don't feel realistic or genuine.
The new characters seemed cool at first but there doesn't seem to be a real explanation on why they act so cultish.
Easily the worst episode so far this season.. such a slow burn. First truly negative review, hope the show picks up when Jadis crosses over.
All it did to advance the plot was return Elton and Percy to the others, but when you barely care about the characters it doesn't really matter anyway.
Being in the target audience age demographic for young adult media, I can't even act like I care about any of the teen relationships. They're just so cringy to watch and half of them don't feel realistic or genuine.
The new characters seemed cool at first but there doesn't seem to be a real explanation on why they act so cultish.
Easily the worst episode so far this season.. such a slow burn. First truly negative review, hope the show picks up when Jadis crosses over.
Ready for it to be over
melcauble20 October 2021
Between the whiny teenage voices, unlikable characters and the bad writing, this should be cancelled. As another reviewer said, I don't know why I keep watching. I'm glad this is the last season. Why create a new series if the producers didn't have a substantial story line (and better actors)? The two sisters, in particular, are terrible, completely unbelievable characters. Get them some acting classes, stat!
So happy it said final season
jonny393918 October 2021
The FF on my remote does not go fast enough. Only redemption is this episode has nothing to with the other shows. Still hot garbage. This is lazy lazy lazy, the writers are producing a hack product. Do they even know who their audience is??? Nothing enjoyable. That massive wrench they lug around, I bet the writers couldn't lift a real one, let alone these kids.
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