The Walking Dead: World Beyond

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Season 1
  • Network: AMC
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 4, 2020
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
48

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Daniel D'Addario
    Sep 21, 2020
    70
    This is not a perfect series: The shots of the undead often look cheap and the rules of how these monsters are evaded have never felt more loosely applied. And yet there’s a willingness to reinvent, to genuinely probe a corner of the universe previously untouched, that makes this series feel serious in its intent and, for fans of the forerunning series, well worth checking out.
  2. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Oct 5, 2020
    50
    We’re not sold on The Walking Dead: World Beyond just yet, though we like Royale and the rest of the cast. We’re just not sure we care enough about the zombie apocalypse or these young characters to follow their journey.
  3. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Oct 1, 2020
    50
    A focus on younger, female characters buys “World Beyond” a somewhat fresh take initially but by the end of the first hour sisters Iris (Aliyah Royale) and Hope (Alexa Mansour) take off on a distaff “Stand by Me”-style quest to rescue their scientist father with two nerdy boys in tow.
  5. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Darren Franich
    Sep 29, 2020
    50
    There are so many obvious things wrong with World Beyond, AMC's bland Walking Dead spin-off for the youth. The main characters are nice, brilliant, and boring.
  6. CNN
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Oct 2, 2020
    45
    A minor excursion, feeling too much like the Disney Channel version of a zombie show, minus the catchy songs.
  7. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Jeff Stone
    Oct 5, 2020
    42
    Nothing about it is essential, or even that interesting. Diehards might enjoy it, simply because it promises to deliver exactly the same stuff they’ve been watching for the last 10 years. Everyone else can safely give it a pass.
  8. TVLine
    Reviewed by: Charlie Mason
    Sep 21, 2020
    42
    Those of us who tune in to the other two shows in the franchise have already been here, seen this — and we’ve seen it done with greater artfulness, efficacy and urgency. Adding this third series to the rotation, even temporarily, feels more than a little bit like beating an undead horse.
  9. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Allison Shoemaker
    Oct 2, 2020
    40
    “The Walking Dead: World Beyond” does not live up to its potential. It is underachieving. It simply will not apply itself.
  10. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Oct 2, 2020
    40
    Spinoffs require runway and World Beyond, which has no direct narrative or character connections to The Walking Dead, has basically none. It just isn't very good.
  11. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Candice Frederick
    Sep 21, 2020
    40
    It should come as no surprise that after 10 seasons of zombie apocalypse drama on The Walking Dead and five seasons following the same madness in a different location on its spinoff, Fear the Walking Dead, AMC further extended its doomed landscape into another era with The Walking Dead: World Beyond. Is it necessary? Absolutely not. Does it work? Meh, sometimes.

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User Score
4.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 31 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 31
  3. Negative: 17 out of 31
  1. radixlecti84
    Oct 4, 2020
    3
    When characters refer to planes crashing as "The Sky Falling" you know you're in for some absolutely abysmal writing, another absolutelyWhen characters refer to planes crashing as "The Sky Falling" you know you're in for some absolutely abysmal writing, another absolutely terrible show written by people who seemingly have no ability to understand how human beings interact, communicate or respond to stressful situations, choosing melodrama over drama, I mean, it's a zombie apocalypse! If you can't fathom how to create Drama in that setting what good are you? Garbage.… Full Review »
  2. Patrick94
    Nov 21, 2020
    3
    Just incredibly slow and boring. There's nothing to enjoy here. I'm being generous by even giving it 3.
  3. Jennifer626
    Oct 21, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. This series belongs on WB with the title "Walking Dead: Teen Beat." Nickelodeon would be a good second option with slightly less gore.

    First, the storyline is wholly implausible. Almost nothing that happens is believable. An established, armed community of 10,000 could not be eradicated in minutes by a few dozen allied visiting forces, at least not without a nuclear bomb or bioweaponry that would have also killed the enemy. And why? WHY? The writers bury us in exposition for every other minute aspect, but hop from graduation to annihilation without a peep as to motive.

    As for the clumsy teens who think tripping a zombie is the best defense, any post-apocalyptic community that survived 10 years would train toddlers and up how to kill them...notwithstanding the fact that the zombies confronted by our runaways are incredibly polite. They only present themselves one or two at a time. When there are more, the teenagers appear to be undetectable by the undead. Perhaps a Cloak of Invisibility is why Hope wasn't worried about running solo through large packs of walkers at the tire dump.

    Most of the characters are unbelievably one-note, made worse by a cast that loves to chew scenery. Huck is no more than a caricature of a Southern tomboy who spits and drawls with a toothpick hanging out of her mouth. (Man, that accent is the WORST.) Felix has angst over being rejected by his family because of his orientation. Hope is a rebel without a clue. That's it. I don't care about them, and there's certainly nothing to pique my interest. By the way (writers), attributing each person with an SJW issue doesn't make them more engaging or deserving of empathy. It's just annoying.

    Further, the characters that could be more complex are poorly cast. Aliyah Royale, the actress who plays Iris, does not have the charisma or eloquence to be a leader in the community. Her stiff cheeriness would play just fine as best friend in a Disney series. I’ve read reviews describing Nicholas Cantu (who plays Elton) as “earnest,” but this is a nice way of substituting “GBF” for “BFF.” I can’t be bothered to look up the name of the actor who plays silent oaf Silas. He has no nuance or facial expressions. He just stares at his fingers.

    I finished Episode 3, and I’m still watching only because I'm hoping for hints of the society that now presumably houses Rick and Ann. But the connection between that society and the one that just slaughtered the Campus is too attenuated. These people would have killed Rick without a second thought: a useless Beta who could become a threat?

    If the apparent alternative reality continues in the next episode, I'll probably stop watching. And that's from someone who has been a zombie freak for 40 years and watched every episode of TWD and FTWD.    … Full Review »
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