THE WALKING DEAD CODA MOVIE

THE WALKING DEAD CODA MOVIE

They wasted eight episodes just to get this incredibly cliche action movie shot. But ultimately, it illuminates The Walking Dead‘s poor pacing issues. The ongoing search for her generated some fantastic character moments, as the rescue mission does here. There are any number of things the writers could have focused on instead of a doomed rescue mission, but they chose to jerk the audience around for several episodes. But from an audience standpoint, it’s a colossal waste of time. Obviously, from the group’s standpoint, it’s a risk they’re willing to take. They risk their lives and waste resources for no reason, and they fail. The problem is that their goal – rescue Beth – never pans out. The characters take their lives one day at a time, and goals usually revolve around getting somewhere, finding someone, protecting whatever location they’re at. The Walking Dead is by nature a show always in transition, with no true endgame. “Coda”‘s main problem is that the outcome of the episode completely unravels the entire first half of Season 5. While there are a few decent moments interspersed throughout the episode, “Coda” mainly serves to render pointless most of the season so far with the cheap, senseless death of one of the more promising characters on the show. I genuinely enjoy The Walking Dead, and I’m usually able to see past its many, many flaws, but this episode didn’t sit well with me and still doesn’t after some deliberation.

It’s taken me a few days to really gather my thoughts on “Coda”.

The walking dead coda