The Walking Dead 5.1 Review - 5 Talking Points From "Strangers In A Strange Land"

5. The Hunters

From the very moment that hints of cannibalism at Terminus began to appear, fans of the Walking Dead comics were drawing comparisons to the storyline involving the hunters, a group of human flesh-eaters who roamed the area taking captives to kill their appetites. Gareth and his group were different in the since that they were stationed at a central location and had devised a much easier method of luring in prey, but clearly, their preferred menu was inspired by the hunters from the pages of the comic. We knew from the previews and basic common sense that we hadn€™t seen the last of the group from Terminus, but what we didn€™t expect was how they would be reintroduced, in the exact way the hunters from the comics were, albeit with a different character. Greg Nicotero and Scott Gimple have both stated that this season would draw inspiration and follow the book more closely than past seasons, and the way they shifted into this arc of the Terminus story was perfect. When we first see them through Bob€™s blurry point of view, the first thing that jumps out is that Nanny Tyreese lied to Carole about killing the man in the cabin, and his mercy has cost his sister€™s lover his leg and possibly his life. Andrew J. West was awesome here, delivering his monologue to Bob, but if we had to lodge a complaint, it would be that the reveal of was happening was slightly spoiled by the content of Gareth€™s speech. It would have been much more impactful if he would have left out the section about eating people, so that when the camera panned away and we were given our first glimpse of the BobBQ it would have delivered more of a jolt. The prospect of the hunters picking off characters and serving up them up like Brazilian gauchos is exciting and should provide quite the a few tense moments over the next several episodes.