With one of the series’s most terrifying action sequences so far, a new threat to the prison, and a disturbing appearance by a strange woman, the season premiere of AMC’s zombie drama got off to a strong start. Melissa Leon recaps.
The Walking Dead faces some tough dilemmas this season. It must flesh out characters we already know, while accommodating new faces at the prison. It has to avoid Hershel’s-farm levels of talky tedium without devolving into a repetitive slash-fest.
