The Walking Dead 5.4 Review - 5 Talking Points From "Slabtown"
2. Everybody Still Hates Chris
From the second that Tyler James Williams appeared onscreen, viewers were instantly taken out of the moment because of how identifiable the actor is with his role on his former sitcom. It was impossible for any of his somber scenes to resonate because all the while hes talking about his father and his plans for escaping all we could hear in our heads was Chris Rock narrating the scene. It was a huge distraction from what should have been serious moments. Beth and Noah hatched a plan to escape through the tunnel to Hell, utilizing the ol bedsheets-tied-together routine, dropping themselves into the abyss and using a pile of corpses as a cushion their fall. They manage to make it outside where theyre greeted by a horde of walkers, but luckily Beth morphs into Bob Lee Swagger and starts dropping the zombies with headshots. Noah makes it to safety after basically abandoning Beth to the mercy of the walkers and the cops, and he watches as shes handcuffed and led back inside, where the episode ends with a final jolt, revealing
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