The Walking Dead

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Season 7
  • Network: AMC
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 31, 2010
Season #: 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
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Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
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  1. We Got This Covered
    Reviewed by: Bernard Boo
    Oct 23, 2016
    90
    By season 7, most series begin to lose steam or lose their identity, but The Walking Dead somehow feels as fresh, thrilling, dramatic, and exciting as it did in its early days, if not more so. The showrunners are pushing the envelope the right way, and they can get away with showing us the most disgusting, disturbing things imaginable because after seven years, frankly, they’ve earned it.
  2. Yahoo TV
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Oct 25, 2016
    70
    All in all, not a great episode, but a savage and a useful one.
  3. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Jeff Stone
    Oct 25, 2016
    16
    It was miserable, and tedious, and made me feel bad. Not in an emotionally compelling way, just in a “I could be watching something of value” way.

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5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 450 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 215 out of 450
  2. Mixed: 106 out of 450
  3. Negative: 129 out of 450
  1. fluxmulder
    Oct 24, 2016
    5
    The first episode of season 7 is an unrelentingly bleak assault of torture, pain, and gore. Characters are taken out in gratuitously brutalThe first episode of season 7 is an unrelentingly bleak assault of torture, pain, and gore. Characters are taken out in gratuitously brutal fashion. The new baddie struts around menacingly and soliloquies about how he's not to be messed with. Rick is reduced to a blubbering mess. Another season, another reset where the group finds they have to start all over again. The message of the show should be crystal clear by now: there is no hope. So keep watching if you enjoy misery.… Full Review »
  2. Catchy
    Nov 21, 2016
    3
    I've been following this series since it started, and it has become very boring to watch. There has been some realy bad and boring episodesI've been following this series since it started, and it has become very boring to watch. There has been some realy bad and boring episodes previously, but so far season 7 seems to take the cake. First episode of season 7 was breathtaking with a lot of things happening, sitting on the edge of my seat the whole episode, and from there it dropped tremendously! Episode 2-5 has been such a drag,seems like the writers from Fear the Walking dead has taken over the writing room. The dialogue is long, dry and you can easily just skip some of the dialoguie without missing the plot of an episode. Maybe the first episode of season 7 spoiled me. Watching these episodes in 1,5x speed helps though...

    Looks like the corporation of AMC just wants to milk this cow to the bitter end, when perhaps no one is watching the series anymore?    … Full Review »
  3. Acriminal
    Nov 6, 2016
    0
    After watching the first episode of season 7, I felt physically and mentally ill for about two days afterward. And it wasn't so much aboutAfter watching the first episode of season 7, I felt physically and mentally ill for about two days afterward. And it wasn't so much about the violence. Everyone says it's what crossed a line. I don't think that's what it was - or it wasn't just that. We've seen a lot of brutal themes and violence on the show before. It's based on a zombie apocalypse after all - there's been carnage throughout it since season one.

    I think what really changed for me is that up until a point I always felt like there was some hope for the characters, for their humanity, and some hope for their world, like the season with the Governor where Rick tried to persuade him that he too could redeem himself, and come back from what he had become, of course right before he killed Hershel with the sword. It was still an interesting moral opportunity.

    There was always something to strive and hope for. Terminus was supposed to be a safe haven, and then they found Alexandria. Abraham and Eugene were originally trying to get everyone to Washington DC because that's where people with the cure were etc... Rick finds a new woman, etc... Things were looking up! That's what made the story so great, watching our beloved characters survive and get rewarded for their resilience, tragedy, and loss.

    By the end of season 6, these same heroes have now become premeditated cold blooded murderers killing people in their sleep. That was something I had a hard time with but I swallowed it. I understood that they couldn't take chances anymore.

    With the introduction of Negan and his merciless group, TWD now portrays a world that I want nothing more to do with. There's no way for anyone to come back from anything now. No moral retribution.

    Is it healthy to continue watching a show just to satisfy a desire for revenge? Do we watch right until the end of the season to see Negan get what's coming to him? Is it enough? Is it healthy? I don't think so.

    To all the die-hard comic book fans, I don't care if all of it is true to the comic. After 7 years of being a very strong fan of just the TV show, I am completely done watching it. I stopped watching after season 7 episode 1 and I honestly don't feel like I'm missing out. In fact, I highly recommend it to everyone. You'll take a sigh of relief and your mental health will thank you. And you'll ask yourself why you ever bothered.    … Full Review »
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