Jesus returned! (Sort of.) Sunday's episode of "The Walking Dead," "Bounty," kicked off with a nice flashback sequence which showed us more of Tom Payne's dearly departed Jesus, who was killed off the show in November's mid-season finale.
We're mixing it up a little bit this week. In addition to some nods and references to past episodes, I'm adding in a few plot details you may have overlooked, which I think may be good to keep in mind as the season continues. Keep reading to see what you may have missed on Sunday's "The Walking Dead."
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"JSS," an acronym for "just survive somehow," was the title of season six, episode two. At the start of that episode, we see a lost and confused Enid crying and making her way on her own. She was writing JSS everywhere as a reminder to keep going, even eating a turtle. She's come a long way.
The Walking Dead: Season Two is an episodic adventure video game developed by Telltale Games and based on The Walking Dead comic book series. It is the sequel to The Walking Dead, with the episodes released between December 2013 and August 2014. There was a retail collector's disc edition released after the conclusion of the season.[14][15][16] The game employs the same narrative structure as the first season, where player choice in one episode will have a permanent impact on future story elements. The player choices recorded in save files from the first season and the additional episode 400 Days carry over into the second season.[17] Clementine, who was the player's main companion during the first season, is the playable character in Season Two.[18]
Similar to the previous season, The Walking Dead: Season Two is a point-and-click adventure game. The player, in control of Clementine, can direct the character around the environment, examine and interact with various scenery elements and collect and use objects to advance the story. The player can also initiate conversations with non-player characters via conversation trees. Certain replies from other characters may offer the player multiple choices to select from, including the option to stay silent, with a limited amount of time to make the selection; if the player does not select an option, the conversation will continue as if they had stayed quiet. Such choices can affect how the other characters will later react to Clementine which can influence later events in the story. Other scenes are more action-oriented, requiring the player to complete quick time events to prevent Clementine or her allies from getting killed. If the player fails at these events, the game will restart at the start of the scene. Such action scenes may also require the player to make a key decision within a limited time frame, such as which of two characters to save from attacking walkers.
The player's choices and actions will impact story elements in later episodes; for example, a character that the player does not choose to save will not appear in later scenes. Season Two also incorporates the player's choices from the first season and the DLC 400 Days, via the saved game file from these games, to influence the story and events in these episodes.
During an interview on IGN's Up at Noon, writer Gary Whitta teased more The Walking Dead from Telltale sooner than later. "You won't have to wait for season two to play more Walking Dead", he claimed. "I can tell you what you already know, which is season two is coming. There's not much to say because it really is very early... it's a way off", said Whitta. "But, knowing that it's a way off, and knowing that people are hungry for more Walking Dead there may very well be more Walking Dead from Telltale before season two. We may have a little something extra for you between season one and two". Whitta continued to tease that something is in the works right now "that will make the wait for season two slightly less agonizing".[25] This was revealed at the 2013 Electronic Entertainment Expo in June 2013 to be an additional episode called The Walking Dead: 400 Days that is available as downloadable content for the first season. It introduces five new characters that journalists expect to carry into Season Two. 400 Days will use data about the player's decisions in season one, and decisions made in 400 Days will carry into Season Two.[26]
Writing for Season Two was done to contrast the work they had completed in the first season. At the start of the writing cycle for the second season, they had debated who their primary character would be including introducing new group of survivors that they could use to flesh out the backstories of characters from the first season, or with a new "protector" for Clementine.[27] They eventually agreed to use Clementine as the main character as they felt her story needed to be continued.[27] By changing the player's perspective from that of Lee to Clementine, they wanted to create a "different sort of agency" that the player will experience. Instead of the player, as Lee, looking to help Clementine and others, the player as Clementine would now have to determine who to trust to help her. They also emphasize this new perspective by using several camera angles from a low perspective, to emphasize that Clementine is a child compared to others she meets.[28] The developers also recognized that they needed to avoid making Clementine feel like a "carbon copy" of the character from the first season and instead something crafted by the player's decisions. To resolve this they created the first scenario of the game that would separate her from the familiar characters and to make it feel a result of the player's actions, so that the player would directly connect with Clementine's situation.[29] The concept they kept in mind to write for Season Two was "[Clementine is] eleven years old and the world doesn't care."[27]
The season was formally announced in late October 2013. The announcement showcased Clementine as the playable character for the game, set sometime after the events of the first series. Telltale's CEO Dan Conners stated that this will put "players in the shoes of a lead role that will challenge their expectations of how to survive in a world where no one can be trusted".[33] The first episode was released in the fourth quarter of 2013, with subsequent episodes released four to six weeks apart. A collector's disc was announced to purchase at the end of the season, with those who pre-order the game (from the Telltale Games Store) receiving it for just the shipping and handling cost.[33]
Telltale Games and Skybound Entertainment announced spin off mini-series The Walking Dead: Michonne released in February 2016 and third season titled The Walking Dead: A New Frontier was released with first two episodes in December 2016, with physical season pass released February 2017.
Cruelty really is the point. Everything about life for Koreans in Osaka was as hard as Hansu said it would be, but my god won't marginalized folks find a way to have joy? The birth of Noa was a beautiful moment and cemented this new household as a family. I'm so happy this will be back for a second season. Julie and I will be back next week to talk about the final two episodes of season one.
The good news is that Michael Cudlitz, whom fans know as Abraham (of skull bashing fame) is back to direct the episode. Yes, The Walking Dead Season 11 Episode 11 is brighter than the murky tones we've come to expect from the show, which is a departure from the norm. As Angela Kang said in the post-show 'Episode Insider' segment, the idea was to make this episode seem almost 'noir-ish.'
As much as this episode belongs to McDermitt, it is equally a device to showcase the acting chops of one Josh Hamilton. Like Lance Hornsby, he's constantly playing a game of mental chess with our cast of survivors. He meets a worthy dance partner in Carol (Melissa McBride) who is just as intelligent as him. Gone is the barbarism of seasons past. In the civilized world of the Commonwealth, it's a whole new game.
HBO finds itself in a position that other consumer brands have in the past: reliant on a traditional distribution system that still works decently well, but compelled to think about a direct-to-consumer model as the competitive dynamic shifts. This past weekend, walking a local upscale Boston-area mall, I was reminded of how many of these brands have taken the "direct" step, opening up their own specialty shops: LEGO, Izod, Ralph Lauren, Michael Kors, etc. The most famous of all is Apple which still sells plenty of product outside its own stores.
HBO must now figure out this puzzle too. Remaining locked to its pay-TV distribution partners is a dead-end. Just as Blockbuster found that being on the wrong side of technology shifts is a perilous place to be, HBO is now getting its first inklings. Netflix has masterfully capitalized on technology. It has direct interaction with its subscribers, knows their wants and needs, can tweak its service and its price at will and has a range of marketing/promotional tactics at its disposal - all things HBO can only dream about, for now. With "House of Cards" Netflix is now encroaching on HBO's original TV series franchise. Even size is an advantage HBO will likely lose sometime later this year as Netflix eclipses HBO's 28 million subscriber level. Last but not least, Netflix has the deep financial resources that being a Wall Street darling affords it, while HBO is buried inside the far-larger Time Warner. 2ff7e9595c
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