The Walking Dead

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Season 6
  • Network: AMC
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 31, 2010
Season #: 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
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Critic Reviews

  1. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Oct 8, 2015
    91
    Sunday's episode is exceptional, marred only in a few spots by padding that's inevitable with these supersized episodes.
  2. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Ted Pigeon
    Oct 7, 2015
    88
    By casting Rick's protagonist status into question, showrunner Scott Gimple has opened The Walking Dead to new possibilities--both in its narrative and philosophical foundations--and is successfully crafting a rare series of rising caliber and still-widening potential deep into its run.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ray Rahman
    Oct 5, 2015
    83
    As usual with TWD, it's hard to say where the season will go next. But judging by the premiere, it'll be worth the walk. [9 Oct 2015]
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  5. Cleveland Plain Dealer
    Reviewed by: Mark Dawidziak
    Oct 12, 2015
    80
    The two-tiered, supersized season premiere tells its compelling story with flashbacks intercut with what's happening in the present.
  6. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    Oct 12, 2015
    80
    There’s an excitement to the notion of survival, even when it’s played out in repetitive ways. That is especially true in this episode, which aims to go very big before some of the players go home.
  7. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    Oct 12, 2015
    80
    A complicated, and occasionally whimsical, series of tactics lend the 90-minute premiere the wide-open, yet tensely meticulous feel of a good heist film.
  8. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Oct 1, 2015
    80
    The show has constantly reinvented itself by both shifting venues and turning over characters, a formula that has kept the program’s soap opera aspects fresh, even if the threat from marauding zombies remains continuous.
  9. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Oct 8, 2015
    75
    The Walking Dead in its sixth season premiere wants you to remember the nightmare started here, and this show owns it.
  10. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    Oct 8, 2015
    70
    Like all zombie stories, The Walking Dead is a life-or-death proposition at nearly every moment. That kind of unremitting intensity stretched over so many episodes can make the question of who survives take on transfixing interest, despite dialogue that’s not always convincing and an uneven cast.
  11. We Got This Covered
    Reviewed by: Mitchel Broussard
    Oct 6, 2015
    40
    It still reigns supreme in the gore department, with skin and ribcages falling off with gusto in the opening minutes alone, but it’s just not enough to counterbalance the circuitous nature of the show the longer it continues.

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User Score
6.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 669 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 426 out of 669
  2. Mixed: 94 out of 669
  3. Negative: 149 out of 669
  1. TWDDUDE
    Oct 12, 2015
    10
    The show is actually getting better and better with every season now, I don't know what the heck helohe is talking about just another stupidThe show is actually getting better and better with every season now, I don't know what the heck helohe is talking about just another stupid troll trying to get score the lowered. Predictable? Yeah sure, you don't believe that either.… Full Review »
  2. Aesteril
    Oct 25, 2015
    2
    I keep asking myself while watching this, what are the characters trying to achieve? The show drags on and on, every descent plot has beenI keep asking myself while watching this, what are the characters trying to achieve? The show drags on and on, every descent plot has been used up in this. You can skip through half an episode and miss very little to anything. No intelligent dialogue, useless and new characters showing up left and right to be killed off. I understand this is a fictional zombie movie, but why haven't the hordes of zombies died out by now? Where is the food they get, (certainly there can't be that many living humans for all of them to feed off) where does the energy come from that allows them to walk miles on end day and night? Why aren't the zombies eating each other?… Full Review »
  3. mirshafie
    Oct 27, 2015
    1
    It's so sad to see this series not developing in any interesting way whatsoever. The series itself has never been known for its intelligentIt's so sad to see this series not developing in any interesting way whatsoever. The series itself has never been known for its intelligent dialogue (the first scene of Season 1 is probably the only well-written one from a lyrical perspective), but as of now the human interaction in the show is pretty much reduced the same level as the grunts exchanged by the undead.

    As for emotions, the stress level is too monotonous and too high. Too many things go wrong at the same time for completely chaotic reasons and it just results in a homogenous gray porridge. Violence and chases is not exciting when it's the baseline of the show.

    It's impossible to make an emotional connection to new charecters as they are often just killed off in the next scene. Why should I care about these people? Did the writers set a certain quota for faces that needs to be chewed on?

    The walkers are supposed to be predictable. Yet it is so often that a small group of humans walk into a deserted town, and chill around there for a bit, just to SUDDENLY be surrounded by walkers in every single alley. Where did they come from? Why did they suddenly converge on the town?

    In short, this show makes no sense and as of S6E3, I'm done with it.    … Full Review »
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