The Walking Dead Season 11 Episode 18 Review: Daryl and Associates Reach An Agreement With Pamela Milton, But The Situation Could Explode At Any Moment
Cast: Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Lauren Cohan, Khary Payton, Ross Marquand, Lauren Ridloff, Josh Hamilton, Laila Robins, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Director: Jeffrey F. January
Streaming Platform: AMC
Filmyhype.com Ratings: 3/5 (three stars) [yasr_overall_rating size=”large”]
As the weeks pass inexorably towards the end of The Walking Dead Season 11 (recover our recap of The Walking Dead to relive the whole saga), we are preparing to watch this second episode of the last block of the eleventh season of the zombie drama inspired by the comics. by Robert Kirkman with mixed feelings, which we didn’t hide in our The Walking Dead 11 Episode 17 review. After a parenthesis devoted to action in which the resistance of the Commonwealth threatened the reign of Pamela Milton, this week’s episode shows the effects of Carol’s diplomacy, which throws a glimmer of hope for the future of the Alexandrians and puts an end to Hornsby’s threat. But will it be like this?
The third and last part of the final season of the main series of what, net of the greater appreciation for the events of Walter White and Jimmy McGill, is the flagship franchise of AMC proceeds, slow and inexorable. The franchise is now uncatchable because even if the parent series is destined to end in just over a month, several spin-offs are already in the pipeline. And that’s a factor that has some weight in this The Walking Dead 11 Episode 18 review.
The Walking Dead Season 11 Episode 18 Review: The Story
We will probably have to get used to the prologues narrated by Judith that retrace past events and remind us of the distinction between good and evil in a world adrift, commemorate the fallen and tell the evolution of those who are left (in the case of today’s episode, we are talking about Daryl). And who knows if this nostalgic narrative ploy actually hides more than a simple series of final teasers but is directly linked to the epilogue of the comics and to the story – in that case of Carl to his son – of the exploits of Rick Grimes and associates. There is little time to reflect on this and only the final series will give us an answer. Daryl has his trusty knife pointed at Hornsby’s throat after last week’s hunt ended with the grin of the latter, who fell into our trap of ours.
In the meantime, however, Carol seems to have found a solution that can save the lives of her friends, even guaranteeing them to return home, while leaving Pamela Milton to continue to lead the Commonwealth by celebrating the long-awaited Founders Day. A situation that seems to cool people after the hectic events of last week, but which could explode at any moment into something bigger. On the one hand, although Lance has passed the mark and now risks passing as the perfect scapegoat for Sebastian’s sins, Pamela’s son seems to have no filters on how things work in the Commonwealth, and Max, is not at all satisfied with how The Milton affair could be resolved, he has every intention of unmasking it.
On the other hand, there is Lance, without whom Pamela would not have obtained everything she has, who still has a few tricks up her sleeve to play. In the middle, we find our protagonists, willing to swallow a bitter morsel to get out of an uncomfortable situation with the approval of the Commonwealth itself. Between those who have already left and those who are preparing to do so, we also find those who in the kingdom of Pamela Milton has found a new purpose, like Ezekiel.
The Walking Dead Season 11 Episode 18 Review and Analysis
It is clear that among the undisputed protagonists of this episode are Laila Robins’ Pamela Milton and Teo Rapp-Olsson’s Sebastian. The script seeks to further explore the two characters and the occasion is the hasty organization of Founders’ Day, in which the resolute Pamela wants to cement control over the Commonwealth by commemorating the figure of Sebastian’s grandfather, who first founded this militaristic community. in which citizens lead a seemingly ordinary life under the protection of an army that leaves the post-apocalyptic reality in which Daryl and his associates fight beyond the walls. The intentions are good, as is the performance of Teo Rapp-Olsson.
This gives us back a man unstable under the weight of predestination that is just another facade to be firmly anchored to a reality of favor for those who can afford it, but of resignation for the people in general, met with a generous ration of surreal panem et wrestling, further marking the gap between the Commonwealth and the real world. The occasion is also good for a series of dialogues that bring back into play some characters such as Gabriel, Rosita, and Lydia, but above all the confrontation between Carol and Daryl on being a parent to take the stage, with the complicity of the always good Cailey Fleming in the role of Judith. The direction of Jeffrey January, despite the scholastic management of most of the episode, manages to express itself better in the exciting phases of the finale, where the gradual collapse of the situation is reflected once again in Sebastian’s degeneration.
Sure, killing protagonists left and right isn’t the only ploy to nurture the drama side of the series, but having sold it as one of its strengths for years, the show is now showing some indifference to its fate. It does not help, in this sense, the confirmation that practically all the main characters will continue to entertain us – or at least that would be the goal – in already announced spin-offs about Daryl, Maggie and Negan, and Rick and Michonne. Like Hornsby, the series is a sacrifice the franchise plans to make to regenerate itself with new variations of the classic elements while maintaining a structure it has no intention of demolishing. And so, at least in these first two of the eight episodes that separate us from the great (?) Finale, the show itself has become a walking dead, wandering in search of increasingly unobtainable sustenance.
The Walking Dead Season 11 Episode 18 Review: The Last Words
Just when everything seemed to be resolved, albeit not in the best or most satisfying way, The Walking Dead wreaks havoc in the Commonwealth. A compromise was never a viable solution throughout the show and always led to worse consequences than the solution. Laila Robins and Teo Rapp-Olsson are the undisputed protagonists of this crash, while we also can take stock of some of our favorites. We will see where all this leads us. Like the previous episode, this chapter of the final season of The Walking Dead presents itself with agonizing do, without a specific purpose beyond the need to stretch the narrative stock as much as possible.
